Tian Ren Ye

I worked as the plastic surgery registrar alongside the SET registrar, and two fellow unaccredited registrars. In this role I exercised responsibilities useful for further positions in plastics inclusive of:

• Seeing and independently managing patients in clinics, and escalating those with more complex management to consultants.
• Organizing and participating in acute trauma theatre lists - prioritizing time critical injuries and facilitating logistics to maximize efficiency.
• Assessing and acutely managing patients as the on-call registrar in an acute (ED, ward) and subacute (community) setting.
• Assist in additional responsibilities as they arise such as presenting at skin cancer multi-disciplinary meetings and intradepartmental teaching.
• Practiced lucid and effective communication skills between team members, surgical staff, ward staff, and patients in a variety of different contexts.

I worked as a plastic surgery resident at Sunshine hospital for two terms. As a resident who's stay spanned two rotations I was responsible for:

• Facilitating ward round of 10-20 acute inpatients and executing plans between myself and other residents
• I was responsible for the holistic care of inpatients and communicating between other healthcare and allied health teams
• Helping to facilitate flow in theatre and manage problems that arise in DOSA, preadmission
• Seeing patients in clinic and working with the registrars to create a management plan
• Familiarizing myself with typical plastic surgery presentations in both acute and non-acute settings
• Facilitate transition of new residents onto rotation to ensure smooth transition
• Assisted in quality improvement by populating weekly audit

As a foundation year one and year two doctor at this district general hospital I had placements in:

ENT, general surgery, gastroenterology, A&E, community paediatrics, and haematology.

• Efficiency in organizing and facilitating a busy ward round full of acute patients.
• Critical organizational skills necessary to complete a large list of tasks efficiently with appropriate prioritization.
• Comfortable working within different departments and found strategies to quickly adapt to different responsibilities.
• My experience in A&E has been helpful to quickly triage and manage acute patients.
• Refined my communication skills which are often tested in difficult conversations with parents in community paediatrics
• Worked as an education team member who planned and organized education events for the local students. This involved participation of events with upwards of 100 students to encourage a career in medication and showcase various clinical skills inclusive of laparoscopic, robotic, and colonoscopy.