Rabia Imtiaz

• Provide comprehensive inpatient and emergency care for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents in a busy secondary-level paediatric unit.
• Conduct detailed paediatric assessments, including developmental evaluations, growth monitoring, hydration status, respiratory assessments, and acute paediatric examinations.
• Manage common paediatric presentations such as bronchiolitis, asthma, croup, fever, gastroenteritis, seizures, skin infections, UTIs, and neonatal jaundice.
• Participate in the management of paediatric emergencies including anaphylaxis, status asthmaticus, febrile seizures, dehydration, and sepsis, following WA Health and PCH guidelines.
• Provide care to special-care nursery infants, including management of neonatal hypoglycaemia, feeding difficulties, jaundice, suspected infections, and prematurity-related issues.
• Interpret paediatric investigations including blood tests, blood gases, bilirubin levels, urine studies, paediatric X-rays, ECGs, and nasopharyngeal viral swabs.
• Work closely with nurses, senior paediatricians, lactation consultants, neonatologists (via PCH link), allied health, and ED teams to ensure safe and coordinated care.
• Participate in ward rounds, handover meetings, case presentations, and family-centred discussions.
• Prescribe medications safely according to paediatric dosing principles
• Provide parent education and counselling on feeding, medication use, asthma plans, safe sleep, discharge planning, and follow-up.
• Ensure high-quality clinical documentation using EMR systems and follow WA Health standards for clinical notes, discharge summaries, and escalation procedures.

• Ongoing Emergency Department experience managing a wide range of acute presentations.
• Polished clinical skills in patient assessment, stabilization, and emergency management.
• Gained procedural proficiency, including performing femoral nerve blocks under supervision.
• Enhanced decision making and efficiency in high-pressure environments.
• Committed to delivering safe, evidence based, and patient centered care.

• Continuing work in the Emergency Department with an expanded clinical role and increasing autonomy in managing acute presentations across all age groups.
• Strengthened skills in rapid assessment and decision-making, managing a wide range of cases including trauma, chest pain, sepsis, overdose, and mental health crises.
• Regularly perform procedural skills including IV access, venepuncture, catheterization, plaster application, ECG interpretation, and wound management.
• Independently initiate investigations and treatment plans, with timely escalation to senior clinicians as needed.
• Improved ability to manage multiple patients simultaneously, triage effectively, and work efficiently during high patient flow and access block situations.

• Rotated across Haematology, Oncology, Geriatric Medicine, and General Medicine, with a balance of inpatient, outpatient, and clinic-based responsibilities.
• Participated in specialty clinics:
• Haematology: Assessed and followed patients with benign and malignant haematologic disorders; coordinated blood investigations, bone marrow biopsy workups, and transfusion support.
• Oncology: Involved in staging workups, treatment planning, and monitoring therapy- related toxicities; collaborated with specialists in decision-making and follow-up.
• Geriatrics: Contributed to holistic assessments of elderly patients, addressing functional decline, falls, dementia, polypharmacy, and discharge planning.
• General Medicine Clinic: Managed chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on long-term care.
• Attached to the Chemotherapy Day Unit:
• Assisted in pre-chemo assessments, monitoring treatment reactions, and managing chemotherapy-related side effects under supervision.
• Gained exposure to protocols involving immunotherapy, oral and IV cytotoxics, and antiemetic regimens.
• Provided supportive care for patients undergoing active cancer treatment and helped coordinate care with the cancer care nurse, pharmacists, and consultants.
• Worked on the General Medical Ward, responsible for ward rounds, acute patient reviews, documentation, and discharge summaries.
• Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings, liaising with allied health to support complex discharge planning and community follow-up.

• Delivered frontline care in a busy Emergency Department (ED) with high patient turnover, managing a broad spectrum of acute medical and surgical presentations.
• Performed initial assessment, stabilization, and management of critically unwell patients under supervision, including trauma, cardiac, and sepsis cases.
• Gained hands-on experience with common ED procedures including cannulation, suturing, catheterization, plastering, and ABGs.
• Developed strong clinical judgment in prioritizing patient care in a fast-paced environment.
• Liaised effectively with senior clinicians, allied health, and specialty teams to ensure timely and coordinated patient care.
• Participated in regular departmental teaching and morbidity and mortality meetings.
• Improved proficiency in interpreting ECGs, basic imaging, and initiating initial treatment pathways including MET call response participation.

• Provide high-quality acute medical care to patients presenting with a wide range of acute medical conditions, including but not limited to respiratory, cardiac, gastrointestinal, renal, and neurological emergencies.
• Perform thorough clinical assessments, including history- taking, physical examinations, and interpretation of diagnostic tests.
• Formulate accurate diagnoses based on clinical findings and investigations, and implement evidence-based treatment plans tailored to the individual patient's needs.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated and comprehensive patient care.
• Gain proficiency in performing acute care procedures and respond promptly to medical emergencies within the hospital setting.

• COMMUNITY HEALTH & PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
  Participated in community health clinics focusing on preventive care, screening, and early detection of chronic diseases.
  Conducted health education sessions on vaccination, maternal health, nutrition, infectious disease prevention, and lifestyle counselling.
  Managed common community-based conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, childhood illnesses, and women’s health issues.
  Involved in outreach programs and public health initiatives targeting underserved populations.
  Successfully implemented preventive strategies including growth monitoring, antenatal care counselling, family planning, and smoking cessation advice.
  
  OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY
  Assisted in the management of antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
  Performed patient assessments including antenatal examinations, fetal monitoring, and management of common obstetric complications.
  Participated in vaginal deliveries under supervision and assisted in caesarean sections.
  Conducted routine gynaecological examinations, Pap smears, breast exams, family planning counselling, and evaluation of menstrual disorders.
  Managed common gynaecological presentations including pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, infertility workups, and infections.
  Collaborated with senior consultants in labour ward rounds, emergency obstetric care, and multidisciplinary maternal health planning.
  
• PSYCHIATRY
  Managed patients presenting with depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and acute psychiatric emergencies.
  Conducted mental status examinations, suicide risk assessments, and formulated biopsychosocial management plans.
  Gained experience in both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric care, including psychopharmacology and counselling approaches.
  Collaborated with psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists to develop holistic care plans.
  Provided supportive psychotherapy, psychoeducation, and family counselling under supervision.
  
  PAEDIATRICS
  Assessed and managed common paediatric conditions including respiratory infections, fever, gastroenteritis, asthma, and growth-related issues.
  Performed paediatric examinations including developmental assessments, growth monitoring, and vaccination counselling.
  Assisted in the management of neonatal care in nursery settings, including jaundice, feeding difficulties, dehydration, and infections.
  Worked with multidisciplinary teams involving paediatricians, nurses, dieticians, and physiotherapists.
  Provided parental counselling on nutrition, developmental milestones, breastfeeding, and preventive health.

GENERAL MEDICINE – Intern Doctor DERMATOLOGY – Intern Doctor GENERAL SURGERY – Intern Doctor ENT (OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY) – Intern Doctor

• Managed a wide range of acute and chronic medical conditions including infections, metabolic disorders, respiratory illnesses, and cardiovascular presentations.
• Performed detailed clinical assessments, history-taking, physical examinations, and formulated differential diagnoses.
• Interpreted basic investigations including CBC, LFTs, RFTs, electrolytes, ECGs, chest X-rays and ABGs.
• Participated in daily ward rounds, case discussions, treatment planning and multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Initiated and monitored IV medications, fluids, insulin therapy, nebulisation, and oxygen support.
• Managed medical emergencies under supervision such as sepsis, electrolyte imbalances, hypertensive crises, diabetic ketoacidosis, and acute asthma.
• Provided patient counselling on disease management, lifestyle modification and discharge planning.
• Assessed and managed common dermatological conditions including eczema, psoriasis, acne, urticaria, fungal infections, and contact dermatitis.
• Assisted in minor dermatological procedures including skin biopsies, cryotherapy, incision & drainage of abscesses, and wound care.
• Gained experience in diagnosing skin lesions, rashes, and pigmentation disorders using clinical examination and dermatoscopy.
• Provided patient education regarding skincare, medication use (topicals/orals), and long-term disease control.
• Observed management of chronic skin conditions requiring immunomodulators and phototherapy.
• Managed dermatology outpatients and contributed to inpatient consultations for systemic conditions with dermatologic manifestations.
• Assisted in elective and emergency surgeries, including appendectomies, hernia repairs, cholecystectomies, trauma surgeries, and wound debridements.
• Performed pre-operative assessments and contributed to perioperative planning and postoperative patient care.
• Managed surgical inpatients including fluid balance, pain control, wound care, drain monitoring, and suture/staple removal.
• Assisted in minor surgical procedures in outpatient and emergency settings.
• Gained experience in handling surgical emergencies such as acute abdomen, trauma, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Participated in ward rounds, operative theatre sessions, and multidisciplinary surgical discussions.
• Ensured proper documentation, consent-taking, and communication with patients and families regarding surgical care.
• Assessed patients presenting with ENT complaints such as otitis media, sinusitis, tonsillitis, hearing loss, vertigo, nasal obstruction, and throat infections.
• Performed ear examinations, nasal speculum exams, throat exams, tuning fork tests, and basic hearing assessments.
• Assisted in ENT surgeries including tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies, septoplasties, mastoid surgeries, and foreign body removals.
• Managed inpatient and outpatient ENT cases, including acute airway issues, epistaxis management, and postoperative care.
• Performed and assisted in procedures such as nasal packing, ear toileting, and examination under microscope.
• Provided patient education regarding allergy management, infection prevention, postoperative recovery, and long-term ENT care.