Contributed to national policymaking: Presented on obesity at an ‘All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Obesity’ meeting at the Houses of Parliament (11/03/19)
RCPL (Royal College of Physicians, London) Leadership Accreditation (09/05/2017)
Managerial Courses Attended:
Masterclass: Key Leadership Skills, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (26/06/17)
Masterclass: Psychological Resilience, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (15/06/17)
Masterclass: Managing Change and Dealing with Unsolvable Problems, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (01/12/16)
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)
Job Planning Training, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (01/12/14)
Medical Appraisal: New Appraiser, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (09/09/14)
Masterclass: Having Difficult Conversations, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (22/05/14)
Masterclass: Policy Primer — Understanding the Wider NHS, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (15/11/13)
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)
Management Course for SpRs (PasTest), London (10–12/03/10)
Performing Under Pressure, Medical School, University of Birmingham (20/01/15)
Postgraduate Clinical Tutor and Foundation Programme Director, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (2018–)
Lead for GMC (General Medical Council) Educational Supervisor Accreditation — Assessing and certifying/accrediting consultant colleagues at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham, towards ‘Named Educational Supervisor’ status with the GMC (04/16–08/18)
Course director and speaker: Train the Trainers Course for Consultants, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (2017–; Bi-monthly course for existing Consultants and as part of the Trust induction programme) [Topics: How do you become a supervisor; Adults as learners; Educational contract; Learning styles; Large vs small group teaching; Work-based assessments; Giving feedback; Managing trainees in difficulty]
Divisional Postgraduate Educational Lead at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham (04/17–08/18)
Diabetic Foot Lead (2010–) at University Hospitals Birmingham:
Set up an MDT clinic with a Vascular Surgeon and Podiatrists
Set up a weekly MDT ward round (and developed ties with several specialities to improve patient care)
Developed Trust guidelines
Developed diabetic foot clerking proforma for the Trust CDU clerking booklet
Education talks to primary care colleagues, trainees and students to improve diabetic foot care
Taking patient care forward through the Trust ‘Patient Safety Group’
Principal investigator for national multi-centre diabetic research projects
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Posters at national conferences
I maintain a very low amputation rate in conjunction with my Diabetic Foot MDT and have also brought a reduction in length of stay for inpatients through this service I have developed
Management and Leadership Course for Endocrine and Diabetes Specialist Registrars (SpRs), Birmingham (04/07/17) [Organiser and speaker]
Midlands Diabetic Foot Course for Diabetes Specialist Registrars (SpRs) [In association with ‘Young Diabetologists and Endocrinologists’ (YDEF)], Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (06/12/16) [Organiser, chair and speaker of this first-of-its-kind course for SpRs in the UK]
Consultant Appraiser
Audit Lead for Diabetes, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham (2016–)
Interview panel member: Consultant, SpR (Specialist Registrars in Endocrinology and Diabetes), CMT (Core Medical Trainees) and Trust grade (JSD — Junior Specialist Doctor)
Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Representative at the Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) for Consultant Physician posts in General (Internal) Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, and, Acute Medicine
Meetings Chaired:
Local Dialogue Meeting, Arden Hotel, Birmingham (19/04/18)
Obesity: Medical and Surgical Management, Birmingham (19/01/18)
Local Dialogue Meeting, Hilton Birmingham Metropole, The NEC (National Exhibition Centre), Birmingham (26/09/17)
Post-American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Update Meeting, Hilton Birmingham Metropole, The NEC (National Exhibition Centre), Birmingham (29/06/17)
Midlands Diabetic Foot Course for Diabetes Specialist Registrars (SpRs) [In association with ‘Young Diabetologists and Endocrinologists’ (YDEF)], Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (06/12/16)
Update on Diabetes: An Educational Meetings Programme, Hyatt Regency, Birmingham (11/05/16)
Several diabetic foot meetings at Trust level (2010–)
GP Education Days (2012–2013)
West Midlands Diabetes HbA1c Specialist Interest Group Meeting, Association for Clinical Biochemistry, Birmingham (29/09/11)
Conference Organising Committee member:
South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF) Annual Conference (2018)
Induction Talk to Junior Doctors and Specialist Registrars (SpRs), Trust Induction, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (2017–)
Representing the Diabetes Department (University Hospitals Birmingham) at the regional Area Prescribing Committee for diabetes formulary discussions (2015–).
Member of ‘Diabetes Medicines Management Advisory Group (DMMAG)’ — Sub-group for the Area Prescribing Committee, Birmingham (2018–)
Member of ‘Medicines Management Expert Panel (MMEP)’ at UHB (2013–)
Organiser of Diabetes and Endocrinology Faculty Development Workshops for Educational Supervisors, Health Education England (West Midlands) [HEEWM], Birmingham (2019–)
Member of the Specialist Training Committee that oversees the training of Specialist Registrars (SpRs) in Endocrinology and Diabetes in the West Midlands (2013–)
School of Medicine Exam Lead for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Health Education England (West Midlands) [HEEWM] (2019–)
Training Lead for Specialist Registrars (SpRs) in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (2014–)
Training Lead for the Teaching Days for Specialist Registrars (SpRs) in Endocrinology and Diabetes in the West Midlands (2014–)
Chairing Regional Teaching Days for Specialist Registrars (SpRs) in Endocrinology and Diabetes in the West Midlands (2015–)
Chairing junior doctor clinical prize lectures at the Grand Round at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (2019–)
Educational Supervisor for speciality training Registrars (SpRs) and junior training doctors at UHB (2010–)
Peer-reviewed diabetes journal management: Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), ‘The British Journal of Diabetes’ Editor meetings attended and Associate Editor
I organised ‘GP Update Days’ where I chaired and also presented talks and run workshops on diabetes
I have developed an Outlook Diabetes Activity calendar to organise clinic and leave management
I have led on the MRCP Part 2 PACES teaching programme (2014–2017)
Regional SpR Diabetes and Endocrine Teaching Days organised in Oxford
Special Study Modules in Diabetes and Endocrinology designed in Oxford
Speciality Journal club rotas organised in Oxford
Organised patient education events, ‘Steroid Replacement Study Day’, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford (2010 and 2011)
On-call rotas organised
Clinic rotas designed
Journal club rotas organised
Standard Operational Procedures in thyroid disease designed for SpRs
Promotional activities for our speciality and my unit (Oxford Science Fair)
Researched and improved on the internet website of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Chaired Oxford SpR-Consultant STC meetings
Streamlined clinic rotas for SpRs in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Oxford
Lead on audit projects
Guidelines developed and implemented
Ran an Oxford’s Diabetes, Lipids, and Endocrine e-mail advice line for GPs to seek opinions and to reduce referrals to the Department
Prepared and presented at numerous MDT meetings of the department, e.g., Endocrine departmental, neurosurgical, pituitary radiotherapy, general endocrine radiology, neuroradiology, endocrine-surgical, and neuro-endocrine tumour meetings
Participation in Departmental and Ward management meetings
Organised and presented at Diabetic Foot Morbidity & Mortality Meetings, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Volunteer for Diabetes UK’s Children’s Support Holiday 2009 at Frontier Centre, Northampton (15–22/08/09)
