Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Professional Development
Quality Improvement
Publications
Teaching
Interests
Timeline
Generic

Tavish Fernando

AHPRA: MED0002138737

Summary

I am an accredited Anaesthetics Registrar in the ACT Health services network. I have a passion for Medical education, Simulation-based learning and Obstetric anaesthesia. My personal objective is to augment my skills in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care whilst providing educational opportunities with prospects for ongoing research, quality assurance and the enhancement of interpersonal skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Anaesthetics Registrar

ACT Health Services
01.2023 - Current
  • Introductory Training - completed
  • Basic Training Extended - currently
  • Increased proficiency in anaesthesia-related practical skills including airway establishment, neuraxial procedures, regional anaesthetic techniques and vascular access
  • Participation in afterhours roster including Night shift and weekend cover
  • Increased competency in elective and emergency cases as sole medical officer
  • Independent practice in out-of-areas anaesthesia including Pre-admission Clinic, Acute Pain Services, patient transport and ED/ICU Resuscitation scenarios
  • Clinical governance initiatives including presentation at Morbidity and Mortality meetings, clinical Audits and JMO teaching

Anaesthesia/Critical Care SRMO

Manning Base Hospital
01.2022 - Current
  • Anaesthesia (6 months), ICU (6 months)

Critical Care SRMO

Hunter New England Health
01.2020 - 12.2021
  • Anaesthesia (6 months), ICU (15 months), ED (3 months)

Internship; Residency

Hunter New England Health
01.2018 - 12.2019
  • Anaesthesia (2 months), ED (6 months), General Medicine (7 months), General Surgery (6 months), Psychiatry (3 months)

Education

Graduate Certificate - Clinical Ultrasound

University of Melbourne
01-2022

Short Course - Monash Perioperative Medicine

Monash University
01-2019

Bachelor of Medicine -

University of Newcastle
01-2017

Professional Development

  • Can't Intubate, Can't Oxygenate (CICO) - Art of Anaesthesia, Canberra, 2024
  • ANZCA CPD Emergency Response Series - ALS, HNESC, 2022
  • Anaesthetic Emergencies, HNESC, 2022
  • Epidural Anaesthesia, HNESC, 2022
  • Awake Fibre Optic Intubation Course, Gosford, 2021
  • Better Pain Management, ANZCA, 2020
  • Running a Scenario, Newcastle, 2020
  • Difficult Airway Course, Gosford, 2020
  • Rescuing the Deteriorating Patient, Newcastle, 2020
  • Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care, Nepean Hospital, 2019
  • Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Sydney, 2019
  • Advanced Life Support 2, Sydney, 2019
  • Essentials of Debriefing and Feedback Course, Newcastle, 2019
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support, San Francisco, 2019
  • ANZCA Part 0 course, Sydney, 2019

Quality Improvement

  • PICC Service Accreditation (2022) Manning Base Hospital, NSW: Established a teaching and credentialing method used across hospitals in the Hunter New England Network for Critical Care medical officers performing Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters.
  • Sugammadex Audit (2022), Manning Base Hospital, NSW: Assessing dosages and reasoning for use of Sugammadex in emergency and elective cases to allow comparison and cost-effective analysis against other hospitals in the Hunter New England region
  • PCEA Audit of Analgesic Efficacy (2021), John Hunter Hospital, NSW: Investigating pain scores, outcomes and overall satisfaction of Patient Controlled Epidural Anaesthesia in a cohort of 150 patients
  • PECS 1 & 2 and Serratus Anterior Block Audit (2019), Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW: Investigating the efficacy of regional anaesthesia in a cohort of 80 patients receiving Breast or Chest-related surgery

Publications

  • Properties of 500 Hz air- and bone-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) in Superior Canal Dehiscence., Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW, 2016
  • - S. Govender, T. Fernando, D. Dennis, M. Welgampola, J. Colebatch, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.02.019

Teaching

  • New Grad Anaesthetic Nursing education (2023 - current)
  • ALS Instructor (2020)
  • Trainee Instructor - HNE Simulation Centre (2019-2021)
  • JMO Bedside Teaching & Nursing In-Service education, The Maitland Hospital
  • Teaching on the Run Modules 1 & 2
  • PBL Tutor, University of Newcastle (2018-2020)

Interests

- Sports including competitive Tennis and Rugby League concussion protocol doctor

- Club Medical Officer - Maitland Pickers Rugby League Club (2019-2021)

- Competitive Grade 1 Division Heavy Hitters Tennis (2023 - current)

- Division 1 competition at Topspin Tennis, Broadmeadow (2018-2021) - Represented University of Newcastle at the Australian University Games (2014-2017)

- NSW CHSSA Tennis (2006-2009)

Timeline

Anaesthetics Registrar

ACT Health Services
01.2023 - Current

Anaesthesia/Critical Care SRMO

Manning Base Hospital
01.2022 - Current

Critical Care SRMO

Hunter New England Health
01.2020 - 12.2021

Internship; Residency

Hunter New England Health
01.2018 - 12.2019

Graduate Certificate - Clinical Ultrasound

University of Melbourne

Short Course - Monash Perioperative Medicine

Monash University

Bachelor of Medicine -

University of Newcastle

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE
Tavish Fernando