Mary Anita Quist
Public Health Specialist, Physician Assistant
Accra,Accra
Summary
Compassionate volunteer with significant experience in community outreach, fundraising, and event planning. Strong ability to collaborate with diverse groups, fostering positive relationships and promoting inclusive environments. Skilled in problem-solving, communication, and leadership with a record of driving successful initiatives to support underserved populations. Impactful contributions made towards improving community welfare through active involvement and dedication to service goals. Caring professional prepared to deliver case management and client advocacy. Dedicated to helping others achieve progress toward goals and meet specific needs. Wide-ranging knowledge of applicable services and professionals appropriate for clients.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Medical team and member of board of directors (Volunteer)
Societe Braende Non-Governmental Organization
11.2014 - Current
- Project management – Health screening and health promotion
- Health Planning for free medical health screening to communities to screen for diabetes, hypertension, HIV, hepatitis B, obesity, anaemia
- Giving public health education to communities- education on family planning methods
- Participated during Christmas party organized for the less privileged at Mallam Atta Market
- They were educated on importance of education.
Volunteer
Serenity Empire Private Care Home
Georgia-Atlanta
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Assisted the manager in managing the care home
- Ensured clients go for their doctor’s appointment
- Educate 20 clients on their disease conditions and importance of taking their medications
- Educate 20 clients and 10 care givers on infection prevention and control of covid-19 virus and vaccination, hand washing technique and correct way of wearing face masks
- Achievements: The 20 clients at the care home did not have covid-19 viral infection
- They were all vaccinated with 2 doses of covid-19 vaccine
- The 10 care givers working at the care home were also vaccinated.
Physician Assistant (Part Time)
Zion Clinic and Maternity Home
08.2018 - 10.2019
- Clerked and managed 100 patients at the outpatient department
- Some of the medical conditions managed were malaria, enteric fever, anaemia, gastroenteritis, hypertension, diabetes, upper respiratory infections, dermatitis, chicken pox, dog bite, human bite
- Surgical conditions- injuries to skin (cuts and open wounds), and peptic ulcer disease
- Paediatric conditions – upper respiratory tract infections, malaria, enteritis, gastroenteritis
- Obstetrics conditions– antenatal, early cyesis
- Gynaecological conditions –ectopic pregnancy for referral, dysmenorrhoea.
Physician Assistant, Manager (Part time)
Wesleyan Medical Centre
12.2017 - 06.2018
- Clerked and managed about 200 patients monthly at the outpatient department
- Some of the medical conditions include malaria, enteric fever, anaemia, gastroenteritis, enteritis, hypertension, diabetes, upper respiratory infections, dog bite, dermatitis, chicken pox, human bite
- Surgical conditions- some skin conditions (injuries to skin -bites, cuts and open wounds), and peptic ulcer disease referral for appendicetomy
- Paediatric conditions – upper respiratory tract infections, malaria, enteritis, gastroenteritis
- Obstetrics conditions– antenatal, early cyesis
- Gynaecological conditions –ectopic pregnancy for referral, dysmenorrhoea
- Public Health Planning – organised health screening for 150 community members and orphanage
- Medical conditions screened and managed were malaria, diabetes mellitus, anaemia and upper respiratory tract infections
- Management of the Hospital– Ensured hospital environment is clean, some logistics, equipment (eg.ultrasound machine, nebulizer), medicines and staff available for work
- I liaised with pharmaceutical company to give medicines on credit and purchased some with my own money to ensure we have basic medicines at the centre
- I also conducted interviews for staff employment
- I taught nurse assistants how to give first aid to patients and use the nebulizer machine for Asthmatic patients
- I suggested to administrator to ensure qualified staff was employed, salary, tax and SSNIT paid for them regularly
- I ensured expired medicines were removed from the shelves and kept in the store room for disposal
- I planned for outreach health screening at the Madina market and organised staff meetings to discuss challenges encountering at the medical centre and find solutions for them to improve the service delivery
- I suggested to hospital administrator and owner to renew their NHIS, buy other hospital equipment like (oxygen cylinder, suctioning machine, haematology analyzer, delivery set, weighing scale, umbilical cord clamp ect.), laboratory reagents and consumables be purchased, hospital should be walled for security purposes, gutters provided for drainage of rain water and proper renovation done to attract community members to visit the centre when they are ill
- I also suggested; family planning and child welfare clinic , hypertensive and diabetic clinics be available at the centre and mini surgical theatre set up to attend to surgical cases like hernia, lipoma and appendicitis, caesarean sections, ectopic etc
- Finally, I suggested the centre should have a good sign post for community members to know the services offered and direct them to the centre when they are ill.
Physician Assistant (locum)
BIMA Milvik Ghana Limited
Accra-Makola SIC Mall
09.2015 - 08.2017
- Provided medical advice service to 250 patients over the phone monthly – Answered all calls and called back all clients who have requested a consultation, to provide medical advice over the phone
- Provided best possible medical and patient care
- Also captured consultation notes in our online software
- Health promotion and education on public health conditions; prevention and control of malaria, HIV, Hepatitis B, STI’s, hypertension, diabetes mellitus to clients over the phone
- Education on family planning methods
- Provided support to BIMA to ensure the effective rollout of our medical advice service
- Provided ideas to improve the business-adding Pharmacy shops and advertising the service through social media
- Writing standard guideline manual for practice in Ghana based on WHO standard
- I suggested to management team to register the company with health service regulatory body
- Ensured medical staff was given Christmas bonus and other benefits
- Ensured qualified people were employed and some given permanent jobs instead of locum
- Achievements: Provided best medical and patient care as most clients appreciate the service given to them
- Large number of clients registered for the service and increased call volume
- Other phone networks have joined BIMA to provide medical advice service to their clients
- Pharmacy shops have also joined BIMA to give a 10% discount to BIMA clients who purchase medicines there
- Self-medication has reduced
- Some companies have joined BIMA to offer medical advice service to their staff
- Good relationship with staff.
Physician Assistant (Locum)
Airport Clinic Limited
Airport, Accra
07.2014 - 08.2017
- Clerked and managed 150 patients monthly
- Medical conditions- malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, hypertension, respiratory tract infections, diabetes mellitus
- Surgical conditions-appendicitis, peptic ulcer disease, injuries to skin (cuts and open wounds)
- Obstetrics- malaria in pregnancy, hypemeresis gravidarum, Candida albucan infection, urinary tract infection
- Gynaecological conditions- pelvic inflammatory disease, dysmenorrhoea
- Paediatric conditions-malaria, anaemia, malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory tract infections etc
- Wrote medical reports for fitness to travel
- Patients counselling, health promotion and education- education on various health topics (family planning, STIs, malaria, cholera, hypertension, diabetes etc.)
Physician Assistant (Locum)
Sape Agbo Clinic
New Town
02.2014 - 08.2017
- Clerked and managed 120 patients monthly under the supervision of senior medical doctors
- Medical conditions- malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, hypertension, other heart diseases, respiratory tract infections, diabetes and complications
- Surgical conditions-appendicitis, cuts and open wounds, acute abdomen, peptic ulcer disease
- Obstetrics conditions -prenatal, antenatal care, malaria and anaemia in pregnancy, hypemeresis gravidarum, Candida albucan infection
- Gynaecological conditions- pelvic inflammatory disease, dysmenorrhoea
- Paediatric conditions-malaria, anaemia, malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory tract infections etc
- Managing antenatal and postnatal clinics-pregnancy care (obstetrics and gynaecological history taking, laboratory investigations, abdominal scanning, measurement of fundal height and foetal heart rate checking etc) and new born care (monitoring growth of babies, routine immunization schedules and treating childhood diseases etc.) Wrote medical reports of clients
- Patients counselling, health promotion and education- education on various health topics (family planning, STIs, malaria, cholera, hypertension, diabetes etc.) Supervision of staff- ensured they report to work on time to perform their duties well.
Physician Assistant and Hospital manager
Emmanuel Community Hospital
Mantseman, Abeka, Accra
11.2011 - 08.2017
- Clerked and managed 150 patients monthly
- Medical conditions - malaria, enteric fever, diarrhoeal diseases, hypertension, respiratory tract infections, diabetes etc
- Surgical conditions-appendicitis, peptic ulcer disease, injuries due to cuts and open wounds
- Obstetrics-prenatal, antenatal care, malaria and anaemia in pregnancy, hypemeresis gravidarum, Candida albucan infection
- Gynaecological conditions- pelvic inflammatory disease, pre and post menopausal syndromes, threatened abortion, bleeding per vagina
- Paediatric conditions-malaria, anaemia, malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory tract infections etc
- Wrote medical reports of clients
- Patients counseling, health promotion and education- education on various health topics (family planning, STIs, malaria, cholera, hypertension, diabetes etc.) Hospital administration and management- Ensured the hospital has enough human resource working and some hospital equipment for working
- Ensured workers are paid on time
- Gave in-service training to staff-nurses and other Physician Assistants
- Ensured staff offered quality service to clients
- Supervision of staff- ensured they report to work on time to perform their duties well.
Internship
World Health Organization, Ghana Country Office
02.2015 - 03.2015
- Knowledge about the roles and responsibilities of WHO, Ghana WCO
- The Mission Statement of the Ghana WCO is to promote the Attainment of the Highest Sustainable Level of Health of All People Living in Ghana through Collaboration with the Government and Other Partners in Health Development and the Provision of Technical and Logistic Support to Country Programmes
- Key knowledge and skills gained: Knowledge in the genesis of Expanded Programme on Immunization in Ghana - their achievements and challenges, the types of vaccines, calculation of vaccine wastage, cold chain management of vaccines, global eradication of poliomyelitis, surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis and Immunization service components and delivery strategies
- Knowledge in Child health policy and its SWOT analysis
- Knowledge in health planning and management- problem statement, objectives, background, literature review or desktop review, study population, costing, financing/budget, human resource needs, logistics needs
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Knowledge in Ebola emergency response and preparedness- infection prevention control and its SWOT analysis, case definition and management of Ebola, emergency operation centres and risk communication of Ebola disease
- Knowledge in reproductive and child health-review of reproductive health plan(SWOT analysis), maternal and child health policies
- The inherent political nature of the health sector- Participated in health planning meetings on health systems at Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service
- Knowledge of National Health Policies and Strategic Planning(NHPSP)- Elements of a sound NHPSP-Engaging stakeholders, Situation analysis & priority setting, Bringing it all together/Formulation, Costing plans, Adoption/Legitimisation of Policy, From vision to operational/Implementation, and Monitoring & evaluation
- Policy drafting and review skills- review of child health policy and reproductive health plan
- Knowledge of disease control Planning-Malaria, cholera and Ebola control and planning
- Participated in African Conference on antibiotic use and resistance
- Achievements at WHO, Ghana WCO: Participated in designing a draft of Ebola Case Management Training Manual for Ghana
- Participated in training nurses for risk communication of Ebola disease through phone networks-MTN, Vodafone
- Participated in risk communication and social mobilisation meetings on Ebola disease
- Drafting and review of policies-reproductive health plan, child health and infection control policies
- Participated in Pharmaceutical meeting for writing a proposal on assessment of transparency and accountability in the Pharmaceutical system in Ghana based on WHO standard.
Physician Assistant (Part time)
The Rock Hospital
Odorkor
01.2014 - 09.2014
- Clerked and managed 200 patients monthly
- Medical conditions- malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, hypertension, other heart diseases, respiratory tract infections, diabetes mellitus, cholera, gastroenteritis etc
- Surgical conditions-appendicitis, peptic ulcer disease, acute abdomen, hernias, open wounds, etc
- Obstetrics-prenatal, antenatal care, malaria and anaemia in pregnancy, hypemeresis gravidarum, Candida albucan infection
- Gynaecological conditions- pelvic inflammatory disease, dysmenorrhoea
- Paediatric conditions-malaria, anaemia, malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory tract infections etc
- Wrote medical reports of clients
- Patients counselling, health promotion and education- education on various health topics (family planning, STIs, malaria, cholera, hypertension, diabetes etc.)
Physician Assistant (Locum)
LEKMA Hospital
Teshie
10.2011 - 12.2012
- Clerked and managed 200 patients monthly at the outpatient department under the supervision of senior medical doctors
- Medical conditions- malaria, gastroenteritis, diarrhoeal diseases, hypertension, respiratory tract infections, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular accidents, congestive heart failure etc
- Surgical conditions-appendicitis, injuries due to road traffic accidents (cuts, open wounds), etc
- Obstetrics- malaria and anaemia in pregnancy
- Gynaecological conditions - pelvic inflammatory disease, urinary tract infections, post menopausal syndromes, etc
- Paediatric conditions-malaria, anaemia, malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory tract infections etc
- Wrote medical reports of clients
- Patients counseling, health promotion and education- education on various health topics (family planning, STIs, malaria, cholera, hypertension, diabetes etc.)
Physician Assistant (Locum)
Akyama Clinic
Kissieman
04.2012 - 10.2012
- Clerked and managed 100 patients monthly
- Medical conditions- malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, hypertension, respiratory tract infections, diabetes
- Surgical conditions-appendicitis, acute abdomen
- Obstetrics- malaria and anaemia in pregnancy, hypemeresis gravidarum, etc
- Gynaecological conditions- pelvic inflammatory disease, pre and post menopausal syndromes, etc
- Paediatric conditions-malaria, anaemia, malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory tract infections etc
- Wrote medical reports of clients
- Patients counseling, health promotion and education- education on various health topics (family planning, STIs, malaria, cholera, hypertension, diabetes etc.)
Physician Assistant (Clerkship)
Maamobi Hospital
Maamobi
06.2011 - 08.2011
- Clerking and management of 200 patients monthly under the supervision of senior medical doctor
- Medical conditions- malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, hypertension, other heart diseases, respiratory tract infections, diabetes and complications, STIs-HIV
- Surgical conditions-appendicitis, acute abdomen
- Obstetrics-prenatal, antenatal care, malaria and anaemia in pregnancy, hypemeresis gravidarum, Candida albucan infection, eclampsia, induced labour patients etc
- Gynaecological conditions- pelvic inflammatory disease, pre and post menopausal syndromes, septic and incomplete abortions, bleeding per vaginum, infertility, breast engorgement,etc
- Paediatric conditions-malaria, anaemia, malnutrition, enteric fever, gastroenteritis, enteritis, respiratory tract infections, sickle cell disease etc
- Patients counseling, health promotion and education- education on various health topics (family planning, STIs, malaria, cholera, hypertension, diabetes etc.)
Physician Assistant (Internship)
37 Military Hospital – Medicine, Surgery, Obsterics and Gynaecology
01.2010 - 04.2011
- Clerked patients under the supervision of specialists and senior medial officers
- Medical conditions - malaria, enteric fever, gastroenteritis, enteritis, hypertension, respiratory tract infections, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular accidents, congestive heart failure etc
- Surgical conditions -appendicitis, acute abdomen, hernias, suturing of open wounds, and I observed some surgeries performed at the theatre- lipoma removal, appendicectomy, herniorraphy, insertion of drainage tubes for pleural effusion etc
- Obstetrics -Participated in clerking of malaria in pregnancy, anaemia in pregnancy, hypemeresis gravidarum, candida albicans infection, premature rupture of membranes, eclampsia, induced labour patients etc
- Gynaecological conditions - pelvic inflammatory disease, pre and post menopausal syndromes, septic and incomplete abortions, bleeding per vaginum, infertility, breast engorgement, and I assisted at theatre in caesarean sections and observed evacuation of uterus, myomectomy and fibro adenoma surgeries done.etc
- Paediatric conditions - malaria, anaemia, malnutrition, enteric fever, gastroenteritis, enteritis, respiratory tract infections, sickle cell disease etc
- Patients counseling, health promotion and education- education on various health topics (family planning, STIs, malaria, cholera, hypertension, diabetes etc.)
Skills
- Flexible Schedule
- Community Engagement
- Volunteer Recruitment
- Administrative tasks
- Team Collaboration
- Fundraising Events
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Service referrals
- Relationship Building
- Deadline Adherence
- Budgeting and finance
- Document Management
- Organized and Efficient
- Community Outreach
- Positive Attitude
- Project Oversight
- Administrative Support
- Recordkeeping and Confidentiality
- Community Service
- Professional Appearance
- MS Office
- Documentation And Reporting
- Attention to Detail
Languages
English
Native language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Education
Master Of Public Health - Public Health
University of Ghana
AccraBachelor Of Science - Physician Assistanship
Central University
Miotso -AccraDiploma - Top Up in Nursing
University of Ghana
AccraDiploma - Nursing
37 Military Nurses’ And Midwifery Training College
AccraDiploma - General Nursing
37 Military Nurses And Midwifery Training College
AccraTimeline
Volunteer
Serenity Empire Private Care Home
01.2020 - 01.2022
Physician Assistant (Part Time)
Zion Clinic and Maternity Home
08.2018 - 10.2019
Physician Assistant, Manager (Part time)
Wesleyan Medical Centre
12.2017 - 06.2018
Physician Assistant (locum)
BIMA Milvik Ghana Limited
09.2015 - 08.2017
Internship
World Health Organization, Ghana Country Office
02.2015 - 03.2015
Head of Medical team and member of board of directors (Volunteer)
Societe Braende Non-Governmental Organization
11.2014 - Current
Physician Assistant (Locum)
Airport Clinic Limited
07.2014 - 08.2017
Physician Assistant (Locum)
Sape Agbo Clinic
02.2014 - 08.2017
Physician Assistant (Part time)
The Rock Hospital
01.2014 - 09.2014
Physician Assistant (Locum)
Akyama Clinic
04.2012 - 10.2012
Physician Assistant and Hospital manager
Emmanuel Community Hospital
11.2011 - 08.2017
Physician Assistant (Locum)
LEKMA Hospital
10.2011 - 12.2012
Physician Assistant (Clerkship)
Maamobi Hospital
06.2011 - 08.2011
Physician Assistant (Internship)
37 Military Hospital – Medicine, Surgery, Obsterics and Gynaecology
01.2010 - 04.2011
Master Of Public Health - Public Health
University of Ghana
Bachelor Of Science - Physician Assistanship
Central University
Diploma - Top Up in Nursing
University of Ghana
Diploma - Nursing
37 Military Nurses’ And Midwifery Training College
Diploma - General Nursing
37 Military Nurses And Midwifery Training College
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