Courses & Conferences Attended:

  • Courses:
    • University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) Diabetes Update Course, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (05/07/18)
    • Medical Appraisal: Existing Appraiser, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (03/10/17)
    • Masterclass: Key Leadership Skills, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (26/06/17)
    • Masterclass: Psychological Resilience, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (15/06/17)
    • Leadership Development in Postgraduate Medical Training, Birmingham (06/04/17)
    • Introduction to SPSS Statistics for Data Analysis, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (16/02/17)
    • National Institute for Health Research Good Clinical Practice (NIHR GCP) Training, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (06/02/17)
    • National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Principal Investigator (PI) Oversight Masterclass, Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), Birmingham (16/01/17)
    • Midlands Diabetic Foot Course for Diabetes Specialist Registrars (StRs) [In association with ‘Young Diabetologists and Endocrinologists’ (YDEF)], Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (06/12/16) [Chair and Speaker]
    • Masterclass: Managing Change and Dealing with Unsolvable Problems, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (01/12/16)
    • Writing for Publication, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (22/11/16)
    • Teach the Teachers, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (18/07/16)
    • Doctors as Leaders — Royal College of Physicians London Leadership Accreditation, Birmingham Research Park, Birmingham (04–05/05/16)
    • Masterclass: Negotiation and Influencing, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (27/01/16)
    • Masterclass: Project Management, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (21/09/15)
    • Translating Health Economic Principles into Practice, Manchester (02/06/15)
    • Advanced Sensor Augmented Pump, CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) and Carelink Education Day, Birmingham (25/03/15)
    • How to Give Effective Feedback, Birmingham Medical School (10/03/15)
    • MBChB OSCE Examiners’ Training, Birmingham Medical School (04/03/15)
    • National Institute for Health Research Good Clinical Practice (NIHR GCP) Training, University of Birmingham (17/02/15)
    • Basic Sensor Augmented Pump, CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) and Carelink Education Day, Birmingham (09/12/14)
    • Job Planning Training, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (01/12/14)
    • Medical Appraisal: New Appraiser, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (09/09/14)
    • Novel Strategies for the Prevention and Treatment of Hospital Infections Workshop, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (04/06/14)
    • Masterclass: Having Difficult Conversations, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (22/05/14)
    • Presentation Skills Training, University of Birmingham (16/12/13)
    • Masterclass: Policy Primer — Understanding the Wider NHS, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (15/11/13)
    • Advance Speakers Course, Manchester (14/10/13)
    • Vascular Update Day, Birmingham Medical Institute, Birmingham (01/10/13)
    • Medical Appraisal: Multi Source Feedback, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (05/04/13)
    • Supporting Trainees in Difficulty, Royal College of Physicians, London (13/02/13, Birmingham)
    • Masterclass: Time Management & Personal Effectiveness for Consultants, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (21/01/13)
    • Birmingham Vascular and Endovascular Study Day, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (29/10/12)
    • DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) Doctor Programme, Sheffield (09/10/12)
    • Inquests: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Practitioners, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (07/09/12)
    • DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) Course, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (16–20/07/12)
    • Motivational Interviewing Techniques, Birmingham (28/06/12)
    • Teach the Teachers Update, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (25/06/12)
    • National Institute for Health Research Good Clinical Practice (NIHR GCP) Training, University of Birmingham (09/03/12)
    • RCPL Educational Supervisor Accreditation Course, Royal College of Physicians, London (27–28/09/11, Worcester)
    • Physicians as Educators: Peer Support Network, Royal College of Physicians London (23/11/10, 02/02/11 and 17/05/11)
    • Teach the Teachers, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (11/11/10)
    • Physicians as Educators: Workplace-Based Assessment, Royal College of Physicians, London (08/06/10, London)
    • Advanced Life Support Course, Resuscitation Council (UK), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (23–24/03/10)
    • Physicians as Educators: How to Conduct a Trainee Appraisal, Royal College of Physicians, London (16/03/10, London)
    • Management Course for SpRs (PasTest), London (10–12/03/10)
    • DAFNE (INSIGHT) Course, Oxford (23, 30/11/09 and 7, 14/12/09)
    • Medical Complications in Pregnancy (RCPL and Imperial College, London), Royal College, London (11–13/11/09)
    • National Training Scheme for the Use of Radioiodine in Benign Thyroid Disease (RCPL and Royal College for Radiologists), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (05/10/09)
    • DESMOND [Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed] (diabetes2gether) Course, Oxford (12/09/09)
    • Hammersmith Acute Medicine Course, Birmingham (29–30/06/09)
    • Full-day Condensed Insulin Pump Course, King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor (18/06/09)
    • Physicians as Educators: On-the-Job Teaching, Royal College of Physicians, London (16/06/09, Oxford)
    • Half-day Condensed Insulin Pump Course, King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor (09/06/09)
    • Physicians as Educators: Effective Teaching Skills, Royal College of Physicians, London (06–07/05/09, Oxford)
    • Liverpool CSII (Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion therapy) Training Course (Animas), Bristol (20–21/04/09)
    • Clinical Update 2008 (Society for Endocrinology), Bristol (06–08/10/08)
    • Clinical Cases 2008 (Society for Endocrinology), London (26/02/08)
    • Clinical Update 2007 (Society for Endocrinology), Manchester (05–07/11/07)
    • Hammersmith Acute Medicine Course, Birmingham (26–27/06/06)
    • Advanced Life Support Course, Resuscitation Council (UK), Milton Keynes General Hospital (26–27/04/06)
    • CVP Line Insertion Course, Milton Keynes General Hospital (21/10/05)
    • Ealing PACES Course, Ealing Hospital, London (09–10/10/04)
    • PACES Ahead Course, St. George’s Hospital, London (25–26/09/04)
    • PACES PasTest Course, Charing Cross Hospital, London (01–04/06/04)
    • Medipass Part 2 Written Course, St. George’s Hospital, London (11/03 to 12/03 (3-weekend course))
    • Advanced Life Support Course, Resuscitation Council (UK), Bedford Hospital (19–21/06/03)
    • MRCP Part 1 Course, PasTest MRCP Part 1 Course, London (09/02)
    • Basic Life Support Course, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham (07/03/02)
    • Advanced Life Support Course, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham (08/03/02)
    • Generic Skills Programmes, Bedford Hospital: Communications Skills Workshop (08/10/03); Bereavement (15/04/04)
    • 19th Course in Internal Medicine, Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, Pakistan (20/02/01 to 25/02/01)
    • Clinical Methods Course for Postgraduate Students in Internal Medicine Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, Pakistan (30/11/98 to 05/12/98)
  • Conferences, Meetings, Talks & Workshops:
    • South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF) and Diabetes and Ramadan (DaR) Annual Diabetes in Ramadan Conference [Virtual endocrine conference] (25/03/21)
    • Society for Endocrinology (SfE) British Endocrine Society (BES) 2020 [Virtual endocrine conference] (16–20/11/20)
    • EndoBridge 2020 [Virtual endocrine conference] (22–24/10/20)
    • Annual Diabetes in Ramadan Conference, The British Library, London (05/03/20)
    • 20th Annual Conference of the South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF), Birmingham (28–29/11/19)
    • Global Diabetes and Obesity Dialogue, Paris, France (08–09/11/19)
    • Midlands Endocrine and Diabetes Club Meeting, Birmingham (18/10/19)
    • 55th EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain (16–19/09/19)
    • SLENDO 2019 [Sri Lankan Endocrine Congress], Colombo, Sri Lanka (02–03/08/19)
    • Core Medical Trainee (CMT) Supervisor Training, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (25/07/19)
    • Midlands Endocrine and Diabetes Club Meeting, Birmingham (21/06/19)
    • Heart of England Foot and Ankle Society (HEFAS) Education Forum, Birmingham (06/03/19)
    • 3rd British Symposium on Diabetic Neuropathy, Birmingham (23/11/18)
    • West Midlands Diabetes Footcare Network Meeting, Walsall (13/11/18)
    • Senior Academy Tutor/Firm Tutor Training, Birmingham Medical School (08/11/18)
    • Annual Diabetes Nurse Specialist Meeting, Belfast, Northern Ireland (28–29/09/18)
    • The 25th Oxford Diabetes Symposium, Keble College, Oxford (12–13/07/18)
    • West Midlands Diabetes Footcare Network Meeting, Walsall (19/06/18)
    • 17th Malvern Diabetic Foot Conference, Malvern, UK (16–18/05/18)
    • The Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) Midlands Network and the East Midlands Bariatric & Metabolic Institute (EMBMI) Obesity Symposium 2018, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham (15/05/18)
    • Midlands Endocrine and Diabetes Club Meeting, Birmingham (11/05/18)
    • Obesity: Medical and Surgical Management, Birmingham (19/01/18)
    • West Midlands Diabetes Footcare Network Meeting: Optimising Foot Care in People with Diabetes — Improving Outcomes, Reducing Admissions, Walsall (09/01/18)
    • East Midlands Diabetic Foot Meeting, Derby (06/12/17)
    • The Global Diabetes Summit, Madrid, Spain (29–30/10/17)
    • 53rd EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal (11–15/10/17)
    • Midlands Endocrine and Diabetes Club Meeting, Birmingham (10/05/17)
    • Clinical Guidelines Update Standing Committee Meeting for the Revision of NICE Guideline (NG28): ‘Type 2 Diabetes in Adults: Management’, NICE Headquarters, London (28/04/17)
    • Leadership Development in Postgraduate Medical Training (Health Education England [HEE]), Birmingham (06/04/17)
    • South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF) and Diabetes and Ramadan (DAR) Update on Diabetes in Ramadan, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (16/03/17)
    • Diabetes Dialogue, Barcelona, Spain (25–26/11/16)
    • Midlands Endocrine and Diabetes Club Meeting, Birmingham (21/10/16)
    • 52nd EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) Annual Meeting, Munich, Germany (12–16/09/16)
    • West Midlands Acute Medical Annual Conference, Birmingham (17/06/16)
    • Midlands Endocrine and Diabetes Club Meeting, Birmingham (15/04/16)
    • Faculty Development Workshop for Diabetes & Endocrinology and Acute Internal Medicine, Birmingham (22/03/16)
    • Midlands Endocrine and Diabetes Club Meeting, Birmingham (16/10/15)
    • 51st EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden (14–18/09/15)
    • Lytix Investigator Meeting: A Phase I/IIa, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of LTX-109 in the Treatment of Mildly Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Manchester (03/07/15)
    • 2nd National Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes Conference, Birmingham (15/05/15)
    • RCPE (Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh) General Medical Update, Birmingham (17/04/15)
    • Performing Under Pressure, Medical School, University of Birmingham (20/01/15)
    • 7th Diabetic Foot Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands (20–23/05/15)
    • 50th EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria (15–19/09/14)
    • 3rd Midlands Inpatient Diabetes Forum (MIND), Birmingham (27/06/14)
    • Novel Strategies for the Prevention and Treatment of Hospital Infections, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (04/06/14)
    • 15th Malvern Diabetic Foot Conference, Malvern, UK (14–16/05/14)
    • Midlands Endocrine Club Meeting, Birmingham (14/03/14)
    • REPLACE Study Investigator Meeting, Frankfurt, Germany (30–31/01/14) [Studying the use of FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System in type 2 diabetes]
    • Acute Internal Medicine and Endocrine & Diabetes Faculty Development Workshop, Birmingham (12/12/13)
    • Hot Topics in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Quick-fire Update on What’s New, Birmingham (20/11/13)
    • 14th Annual Conference of the South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF): Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians — The clinical conundrums, Birmingham (21/11/13)
    • Pan-Birmingham Insulin Pump Forum, Birmingham (14/11/13)
    • UKCDF — UK Consultant Diabetologist Forum — Addressing the Challenges of Specialist Diabetes Care, London (11–12/10/13)
    • West Midlands Diabetes HbA1c Specialist Interest Group Meeting, Association for Clinical Biochemistry, Birmingham (04/10/13)
    • Functional Outcomes in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain, Manchester (14/10/13)
    • Midlands Endocrine Club Meeting, Birmingham (20/09/13)
    • Acute Problems Faced by the General Physician, RCP Update, Birmingham (11/07/13)
    • 2nd Midlands Inpatient Diabetes Forum (MIND), Birmingham (04/07/13)
    • 2nd Midlands Diabetes Update, Birmingham (11/06/13)
    • 3rd West Midlands Diabetes Footcare Network Meeting, Walsall (15/05/13)
    • ABCD (Association of British Clinical Diabetologists) New Consultants Meeting “Finding Your Way”, Birmingham (18/04/13)
    • 1st Midlands Inpatient Diabetes Forum (MIND), Birmingham (07/03/13)
    • Midlands Endocrine Club Meeting, Birmingham (08/02/13)
    • Clinical Insight — Best Practice in Diabetology, Birmingham (06/12/12)
    • 1st West Midlands Diabetes Footcare Network Meeting, Walsall (30/05/12)
    • 14th Malvern Diabetic Foot Conference, Malvern, UK (09–11/05/12)
    • NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC) Seminar Series: Advances in the Management of Bone Infection (23/04/12)
    • Oxford Pancreas Transplant Forum, Oxford (18/04/12)
    • Treat 4 Ramadan Investigator Meeting, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester (15/11/11)
    • Pioneers in Diabetes, Warwick (30/09–01/10/11)
    • West Midlands Diabetes HbA1c Specialist Interest Group Meeting, Association for Clinical Biochemistry, Birmingham (29/09/11)
    • Treat 4 Ramadan Investigator Meeting, Birmingham (03/06/11)
    • 6th Diabetic Foot, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands (11–14/05/11)
    • Pioneers in Diabetes, Warwick (01–02/10/10)
    • Diabetes UK (Annual Professional Conference 2010), Liverpool (05/03/10)
    • ABCD Meeting for SpRs, London (20–21/11/09)
    • ABCD Annual Autumn Meeting, London (20/11/09)
    • Society for Endocrinology (SfE) British Endocrine Society (BES) 2008, Harrogate (07–10/04/08)
    • Diabetes UK (Annual Professional Conference 2008), Glasgow (05–07/03/08)
    • Society for Endocrinology (SfE) British Endocrine Society (BES) 2007, Birmingham (06–08/03/07)
    • Diabetes & Metabolism at the Limits – VII, Birmingham (23/02/07)
    • Oxford Regional Carcinoid Multi-Disciplinary Group Meeting, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Oxford (02/02/07)
    • Hypogonadism and Endocrinology in the Thames Valley, Milton Common, Oxfordshire (17/10/06)
    • Benefits of Early Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes (20/07/06)
    • Diabetes UK (Annual Professional Conference 2006), Birmingham (29–31/03/06)
    • East Midlands Lipid and Cardiovascular Disease Forum – Type II Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome … A Growing Cardiovascular Risk, Risley, Derby (11/05/05)
    • WHO Conference on WHO World Health Day, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan (1998)
  • Mandatory and Non-Mandatory Trust Training:
    • Infection Control
    • Fire Training
    • Information Governance
    • Adult and Child Safeguarding, Level 2
    • Prevent Training
    • Hospital Life Support
    • Major Incident
    • Equality and Diversity
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Fair Selection