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Overview
Work History
Education
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Samanthi Weerapperuma

Adelaide,SA

Summary

  • Dedication
  • Team work
  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • Clinical skills
  • Procedural skills
  • Contemporaneous documentation
  • fast learner
  • Good communication skills

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior House Officer

Divisional hospital - Imaduwa,Galle , Sri lanka
Imaduwa ,Galle ,Sri Lanka, Galle , Sri Lanka
04.2023 - 04.2023
  • Worked 8 hours daily on weekdays, 5 hours every Saturday, and 4 pm to 8 am on-call duty once a week
  • Conducted ward rounds in medical, surgical, pediatric, gynecology, and obstetric wards.
  • Admitting patients in the outpatient department.
  • Managed patients in the emergency treatment unit.
  • Conducted outpatient medical clinics.
  • Acquired skills in history taking, clinical examination, requesting investigations, and management plans.
  • Developed communication skills with colleagues, seniors, patients, and relatives.
  • Communicated regarding health education, family discussions, breaking bad news, and counseling.

Medical Officer

Asiri private Hospital
Galle , Sri Lanka
04.2023 - 04.2023
  • Worked full-time, 44 hours per week, for 1 week and part-time, 28 hours per week, for the next 3 weeks.
  • Involved emergency management, history taking, clinical examination, investigations, prescribing medications
  • as a team member of the emergency department, worked collaboratively with other staff members, and communicated regarding patient management.

Medical Officer of Health

Ministry of Health
Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
02.2018 - 12.2020

Worked full-time capacity.

  • Conducted daily antenatal and postnatal outpatient clinics.
  • Did history taking, clinical examination, requesting investigations, prescribing treatments, and referrals
  • Conducted well-women clinics - provided health education, PAP smear, contraceptive modalities- IUCD, Implanon insertion and removals.
  • Conducted pediatric vaccination clinics.
  • Updated skills and knowledge by participating in CME programs such as Management of anaphylaxis, CPR, pediatric, obstetric, and gynecology health reviews.
  • PCR and COVID patient management done.
  • Did quarterly and annual audits regarding vaccinations and issues, maternal health, cervical cancer screening, pediatric development, and presented in the clinical meetings.
  • Could be able to achieve third place in the yearly work assessment among 20 medical officers of health areas in Galle, Sri Lanka.

General Practitioner

Nimed medical center,Isiwara medical center,Roseth Hospital,
Galle District, Sri Lanka
05.2010 - 12.2020
  • part time general practice.

Senior House Officer(medical Ward)

Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya
Karapitiya, Galle ,Sri Lanka
10.2013 - 02.2018
  • Worked full time, 6 hours daily duty, and every 5th day on call (4pm-8am).
  • Did detailed history taking and clinical examination of inpatients.
  • Requested investigations and formulated the primary plan of management accordingly.
  • Prepared the detailed summary and presented at senior registrar and Consultant ward rounds.
  • Write referral letters and communicate to get involved in multi-disciplinary teams. Attend to manage acute admissions at the emergency treatment unit, arrange transfers to the tertiary hospitals, and accompany the patient during transfer. Participate in the teaching programme.
  • Involved in emergency management as an active team member, including CPR, intubations, and monitoring of critically ill patients.
  • Worked collaboratively with colleagues, seniors, and other staff and demonstrated good communication skills.
  • Wrote comprehensive discharge summaries. Arrange referral letters.
  • Notified communicable diseases, wrote death certificates, and government medical certificates.
  • Attended casualty medical referrals from other non-medical units for management of the patient's comorbid medical problems.
  • Prepared detailed summary and presented at senior registrar and Consultant ward rounds.
  • Attended casualty medical referrals from other non-medical units for management of the patient's comorbid medical problems.
  • Attended to general medical clinics, which were conducted three days per week. During the clinics, patient education, counseling, re-evaluation, requesting investigations, adjusting drug treatment, and referrals (to relevant sub-specialties) were carried out under the supervision of consultants.
  • Communicated with the patients and families appropriately regarding the illness, available investigations and management options, counseling, and breaking bad news of the patient's medical problems.
  • Conducted teaching sessions to medical students regarding history taking, clinical examination, management of common diseases, and emergencies.
  • Participated in CME programs such as journal clubs, case presentations, and medical and non-medical lectures on a regular basis.
  • Continued acquiring knowledge by online reading of guidelines, medical journals, and education materials provided by the Galle Medical Association and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
  • Participated in CME programs such as journal clubs, case presentations, and medical and non-medical lectures on a regular basis.

Medical Officer (Medico Legal)

District General Hospital, Monaragala
Monaragala, Sri Lanka
11.2011 - 12.2013
  • medico -legal history taking,clinical examination and reporting.
  • Provided relevent medico legal evedencies to the courts.
  • Performed autopsies(pathological, criminal)
  • preperation of pathological cut up specimens.
  • Collaboratively worked with other health staff, magistrates,police with good communication skills.

Medical Officer-opthalmology

Base hospital Balapitiya
Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
05.2011 - 11.2011
  • Did history taking, clinical examinations (slit lamp - eye examination), ordering investigations for inward patients.
  • Participated, consultant ophthalmologist ward rounds.
  • Assisted consultant ophthalmologist in eye surgeries.
  • Reviewed clinic patients in the eye clinic 2 days per week.
  • Wrote comprehensive discharge summaries and post-operative notes under the supervision of an eye surgeon.
  • collaboratively worked with other staff members .

Intern Medical Officer -Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Base Hospital, Balapitiya
Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
11.2010 - 05.2011
  • Worked as a first-contact doctor in a busy Gynecology and Obstetrics ward, labor room, and postnatal ward.
  • Actively managed emergencies.
  • Did normal deliveries, artificial rupture of membranes, continuous assessment of progression of labour, identified and promptly informed senior house officer and consultant regarding deterioration of conditions. Did manual evacuation of retained placenta, prescribed medications during labor, sutured episiotomies.
  • Collaboratively worked with other staff, communicated, and coordinated with them when necessary.
  • Well-managed emergencies as the first-contact doctor and promptly informed seniors.
  • Assisted cesarean sections and major surgeries.
  • Wrote comprehensive discharge summaries, referrals under the supervision of consultant.

Intern Medical Officer-General Medicine

Base Hospital, Balapitiya
Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
05.2010 - 11.2010
  • worked as first contact Doctor in medical wards. built up coping abilities to tackle busy Wards with multiple acutely ill patents by attending them according to priority list.
  • initial clinical assessment, investigation and management under a supervision of relevant consultant.
  • close monitoring of critically ill patients
  • Actively managed emergency patients during every other day night oncall(4pm -8am)
  • did proceedures fluid management,venepuncture,blood gass analysis, venous canulation ect.

Education

Ocupational English Test -

Cambridge Boxhill Language Assesement Trust
Discover English Center Melbourne
01-2023

AMC CAT MCQ Examination -

Australian Medical Council
03-2022

Bachelor of Medicine And Bachelor of Surgery -

University of Peradeniya
Kandy, Sri Lanka
10-2008

Skills

Procedural skills

  • Advanced Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Arterial blood gas analysis
  • Blood and Blood Product transfusion
  • Blood grouping and direct test
  • Defibrillation
  • Incision and Drainage
  • Endo-tracheal intubation
  • Knee joint aspiration
  • Vein puncture & cannulation
  • IV infusions,iv/im/sc injections
  • venesection
  • sterile techniques in procedures
  • wound care
  • ECG recording and interpretation
  • Paracentesis of abdomen
  • Pleural aspiration
  • Lumber puncture
  • Nasogastric tube insertion
  • Urinary catheterization,supra pubic catheterization
  • Normal vaginal delivery
  • Episiotomy and suturing
  • Manual evacuation of retained placenta
  • Assisting LSCS and Gynaecological surgeries
  • Dilatation curettage procedure
  • IUCD and IUD insertion and removal
  • Conducting medicolegal autopsy

Affiliations

  • Dr. Julian Fidge - Practice Principal, South Wangaratta Medical Center, Wangaratta, Victoria 3677

Email: julian.fidge@gmail.com

phone 0403 159 518

  • Dr. Upul De Silva - Consultant Physician, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Sri Lanka

Email: desilva.upul@yahoo.com

phone: +94 777 392 146

  • Dr. Dammika Palangasinghe, Consultant Physician, Asiri Hospital (Emergency Department), and Teaching Hospital Karapitiya

Email: Dhammika27@yahoo.com

phone- +94 778 513 896

Timeline

Senior House Officer

Divisional hospital - Imaduwa,Galle , Sri lanka
04.2023 - 04.2023

Medical Officer

Asiri private Hospital
04.2023 - 04.2023

Medical Officer of Health

Ministry of Health
02.2018 - 12.2020

Senior House Officer(medical Ward)

Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya
10.2013 - 02.2018

Medical Officer (Medico Legal)

District General Hospital, Monaragala
11.2011 - 12.2013

Medical Officer-opthalmology

Base hospital Balapitiya
05.2011 - 11.2011

Intern Medical Officer -Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Base Hospital, Balapitiya
11.2010 - 05.2011

General Practitioner

Nimed medical center,Isiwara medical center,Roseth Hospital,
05.2010 - 12.2020

Intern Medical Officer-General Medicine

Base Hospital, Balapitiya
05.2010 - 11.2010

Ocupational English Test -

Cambridge Boxhill Language Assesement Trust

AMC CAT MCQ Examination -

Australian Medical Council

Bachelor of Medicine And Bachelor of Surgery -

University of Peradeniya
Samanthi Weerapperuma