BRIGITTE AWO MAWUENA OCANSEY

• Managed the general medical outpatient department with other colleagues. Attended to an average of 20 patients per clinic.
• Managed the geriatric, sickle cell, and chronic medical clinics ( Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Asthma) with the guidance of physician specialists and other senior colleagues.
• Manage the female medical ward, where I run daily ward reviews with house officers and physician assistant interns, as well as grand ward rounds with specialists.
• Provide mentorship and guidance for house officers and physician assistant interns.
• Performing minor procedures, like pleural tap and abdominocentesis, Nasogastric tube
• Interpretation of investigations, e.g., chest X-ray, ECG, blood investigation, and brain computed tomography scan.
• Training of more than 30 medical and physician assistant interns.
• Coordinating monthly duty roster for the unit with supervision from the clinical coordinator/head of department.
• Compiled and presented mortality and morbidity statistics as well as Annual performance reviews on behalf of the unit.
• Issuing of death certificates and the cause of death
• Venipuncture and IV cannulations for blood tests and administering IV medications.
• Liaised with other healthcare professionals (e.g., surgical teams) to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide the highest quality of care.
• Enhanced patient outcomes and care delivery through improved clinical quality processes.
• Improved patient care quality by implementing evidence-based medical practices and protocols.
• Attended continuous professional development training.
• Attended weekly departmental meetings for continuous learning opportunities and departmental development

• First point of care for medical and surgical emergency conditions, e.g., acute asthmatic exacerbation, pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular accident, acute coronary syndrome, acute complications of diabetes, etc.
• Being the first point of contact for patients, timely diagnoses of COVID-19 cases helped in the early commencement of treatment and prompt isolation.
• Managed infectious diseases, eg, Pulmonary tuberculosis, Malaria, HIV, and complications. Worked hand in hand with other teams ( gynaecology, surgical, psychiatry) to provide holistic clinical management for patients.
• Led team in delivering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Performed daily ward rounds with house officers and physician assistants, providing them with up-to-date teachings of current treatment protocols and patient care.
• Provided emotional support and mentoring for medical interns, nurse interns, and physician assistant interns.
• Performed basic bedside investigations like ECG, capillary glucose, rapid diagnostic test ( malaria, HIV), Urine dipstick, urine pregnancy test.
• Stabilised patients and referred to high facilities for expert management.
• Coordinated and organised weekly departmental meetings for educational purposes and to discuss pertinent issues for the department.
• Examined the bodies of deceased patients who were brought in dead on arrival before referring to the morgue.
• Requesting an inquest for coroner cases. Issuing of death certificates and cause of death documents.
• Drew timetables for junior colleagues and supervising duties to ensure they are well covered by colleagues.
• Timely requests for radiological investigations to help with the diagnosis of disease conditions .
• Served as an approachable resource for patients' families, addressing concerns and providing education on medical conditions and treatments.
• Gathered and audited data for mortality and morbidity statistics for the unit.
• Participated in medical conferences and workshops, staying abreast of emerging trends in healthcare.
• Ensured accurate, timely, and comprehensive medical records for improved continuity of care.
• Performed basic procedures like abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, suprapubic tap, intravenous cannulation, urethral catheterization, and venepuncture.
• Monitored IV infusions, blood transfusions, and IV medications.

• Managed outpatient department conditions like Malaria, Acute gastritis, hypertension, diabetes .
• Run follow-up clinic which helped monitor patients after discharge to ensure drug compliance and adherence to counselling on discharge.
• Lifestyle and dietary modification counselling.
• Monitored post-operative patients in the recovery ward, and called for prompt attention from senior colleagues as recommended.
• Took pap smear samples for screening for cervical cancer.
• Monitored patients on admission with collaborative care with specialists on duty.
• Counselled and educated pre-operative patient on their procedure and preparations. Ordered relevant labs before surgery.
• Run a postpartum clinic, giving mothers adequate and handy information about self-care during the puerperal period.
• Provided emotional support for postpartum with postpartum blues and depression, referred for further management.
• Perfumed minor surgical procedures like suturing of wounds, and manual evacuation of the uterus.
• Assisted in major surgeries like Caesarian section, myomectomy and herniorrhaphy.
• Daily monitoring of postpartum mothers and babies on ward admission before discharge.
• Commencing phototherapy for neonates with neonatal jaundice and monitoring them closely.
• Attended weekly in-house educational sessions.

• Attended to antenatal patients who had pregnancy-related conditions, eg, Gestational hypertension, Preterm contraction, Preterm rupture of membrane, Pre-eclampsia, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Performed obstetric and gynaecology ultrasound, ie, transabdominal and transvaginal.
• Managed chronic medical conditions, eg, Essential hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Peptic ulcer.
• Monitored patient progress and adjusted treatments accordingly.
• Reviewed patients on admission and provided excellent continuation of care.
• Attended to emergency cases and referred to higher facilities appropriately

• Educated pregnant women on the need to attend regular antenatal clinics.
• Ran antenatal and postnatal clinics, which helped significantly cut down on pregnancy-related complications and mortalities.
• Daily monitoring of post-cesarean section patients and their babies.
• Performed induction of labour and monitored patient carefully.
• Performed cardiotocography and interpreted graphs to help with the care of pregnant women.
• Conducted close maternal and fetal monitoring, performed scans, and an anomaly scan to help detect any early complications.
• Conducted cervical cancer screening for young and middle-aged women.
• Assisted in emergency and elective surgeries, such as cesarean section, bilateral tubal ligation, dilatation and curettage, and salpingectomy.
• Performed elective cesarean section with close supervision from senior colleagues.
• Performed an average of 7 (seven) manual evacuations of the uterus daily.
• Closely monitored pregnant woman in labour and alerted senior colleagues whenever they crossed the action line on the partograph.
• Prepared patients for emergency and elective caesarian sections.
• Counseled patients on different contraceptive methods and the need for contraception.
• Venipuncture and IV cannulation for blood tests and administering IV medications.
• Coordinated patient care and referrals to necessary specialties and for secondary care as needed.
• Presented on all admissions, emergencies, theatre, and labour ward cases at the departmental morning meetings after a 24-hour shift.

• Provided treatment to newly admitted patients and dealt with any emergencies involving patients management

• Responsible for arranging of necessary investigations for diagnostic and monitoring purposes

• Managing acute cases such as Diabetic emergencies in the form of hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis; Strokes, sickle cell crises, Acute Coronary syndromes, etc.

• Monitored patients' condition and progress and re-evaluated treatments as necessary.

• Performing venipunctures and taking blood samples for various tests, such as FBC, BUE CR, LFT, as well as

• Performing bedside procedures like passing of urethral catheter, nasogastric tube, abdominal tap.

• Assessed and managed patients, maintaining clinical notes, and taking the necessary actions under the supervision of my consultants.
• Provided emergency care to Patients at the Emergency department.
• Responsible for managing the outpatient department, which mostly involves diagnosing and booking surgery cases.
• Reviewed post-operative patients and helped in the early detection of post-operative complications.
• Venipuncture and IV cannulations for blood tests and administering IV medications
• Accessing, stabilizing, and resuscitation of trauma patients by applying advanced trauma life support.
• Operated the C-arm machine during an orthopaedic surgery to help the specialist with the correct placement of nails
• Assisted in major and minor surgeries, eg, Orchidopexy, Appendectomy, herniography, ENT surgeries, prostatectomy, etc
• Performed 4 bladder washouts for patients with urine retention from blood clot retention.
• Applied fiberglass and plaster of Paris casts for fractures.
• Working with the blood bank to secure blood for theatre cases before various surgeries .
• Performed daily wound dressing and suctioning for patients who had a tracheotomy procedure
• Performed minor surgical procedures like wound debridement under the strict supervision of resident doctors and specialists.
• Attended to surgical emergencies like Acute urinary retention, Open fractures, burns, and Acute intestinal obstructionAttended to surgical emergencies like Acute urinary retention, Open fractures, burns, Acute intestinal obstruction

• Educate mothers on the need to exclusively breast feed their babies up to 6 months.

• Actively engage mothers to introduce of supplemental feeding to children.

• Counsel mothers to partake in monthly hospital visit with their babies for growth monitoring and early detection of malnutrition in these babies.

• Provides extensive education on immunization of babies.

• Consistently create awareness on the need for couples to know their genotype before getting married.

• Responsible for running weekly specialized clinics which include sickle cell clinics, and asthma clinic.

• NICU rotation which involved the management of preterm and asphyxiated babies.

• Managed wide range of diseases including severe malaria, upper respiratory tract infections, moderate and severe malnutrition, sickle cell crises and acute gastroenteritis with and without dehydration

• Venipuncture and IV cannulations for blood tests and administering IV medications

• Partook in monthly mortality and morbidity meetings.