General Info
Professional Track
- Science
Country
Sierra LeoneAreas of Expertise
- Pediatrics
- Clinical & preventive medicine
Professional Interests
- Public health
- Pediatrics
- Modern diagnostic technology
Age
31The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Learn modern and affordable healthcare technologies for resource limited settings and understand their applications in daily healthcare delivery to increase efficiency.
- Improve my leadership skills and learn about various strategies on becoming a good mentor to my mentees upon my return.
- Network well and learn about different cultures from other like-minded professionals.
Ideal Company Type
An ideal company for me would be an international health service delivery company which has an immense focus on public health and child health services. The company should also have vast experience in working in a Sub-Saharan African setting especially in resource limited areas. I'd like for the company to also be research oriented.
Certifications
- Pediatric Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine
- Epilepsy Assessment and Management Course, Pretola Global Health and Consulting Limited
- Clinical Care for Sexual Assault Survivors, Rainbo Initiative
- Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment plus Admission Care for sick children (ETAT+)
- Mass Casualty Training, King's Sierra Leone Partnership
- Control and Prevention of Ebola Virus Disease Training, Chinese CDC
- Good Clinal Practice, FHI360
Additional Technical Skills
I had the opportunity to learn vaginal delivery, various surgical (minor surgery under supervision and assist in major surgical procedures). I acquired research skills during my posting at Connaught Hospital and also at Kambia Government Hospital. My leaderships skills became more evident when I started working at Kambia Government Hospital and noticed the burden of herbal intoxication in children due to cultural beliefs, knowledge gap and poverty.
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Compassionate
- Empathetic
- Reliable
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
I expect my mentorship to positively impact my work capacity as I'm willing to learn as much as possible from experience and lessons from my mentors. I expect the mentorship to enhance me to get clearer vision of my career and how to navigate through my professional path to achieve my desired goal. I'm sure the mentorship program will equip with the necessary knowledge and skill sets required to be good mentor.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
Currently my country has knowledge and human resource gaps generally, but especially in the health sector. We also have very limited female interest in STEM related fields. After participating in the TechWomen program, I look forward to return and implement all what I have learnt. I'm also interested in sharing knowledge gained by training and mentoring students and staff, especially for women and girls. I would also want to serve as a role model to female students and encourage their participation and interest in STEM.
Work History
Primary Professional Focus
- Clinical & Preventive Medicine
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone
- Direct Reports:
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Kambia, Sierra Leone
- Dates: May 1, 2018 –
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Responsibilities:
Manage all pediatric patients with varying disease conditions, counsel their caregivers; daily ward rounds; attend and occasionally moderate daily early morning review meetings; engage traditional healers and local section chiefs; organize clinical presentations; supervise general cleaning of the wards weekly; organize weekly perinatal death surveillance and review meetings; teach community health officers; sensitize local communities; train nurses; attend seminars and workshops on behalf of the department; attend continuous medical education sessions; liaise with other hospitals and the ministry of health and sanitation; organize bedside teachings for medical students posted to the hospital and take part in departmental research studies.
Job #2
- Title and Company: House Officer, Ministry of Health and Sanitation
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Freetown,
- Dates: May 1, 2016 – April 1, 2018
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Responsibilities:
Rotated six monthly in pediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, internal medicine and surgery departments of the University of Sierra Leone teaching hospitals complex; managed incoming and admitted patients under senior supervision; performed minor surgical procedures under supervision and assisted in major surgeries in theatre; attended daily ward rounds and early morning review meetings; did twenty-four hours on-call shifts weekly; made sure patients' investigations and treatment plans were carried out before the consultant saw his patients; took part in departmental research studies; attended continuous medical education sessions; ran specialist outpatient clinics together with seniors; and did bedside teachings for medical students.
Job #3
- Title and Company: Enroller/ Consenter, Sierra Leone's Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE) Study
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Freetown,
- Dates: April 1, 2015 – June 1, 2015
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Responsibilities:
Carefully explained to study participants about the vaccine including it's advantages and disadvantages; administered an informed consent form to study participants for them to sign after they have agreed to take the vaccine and made sure a witness was available to oversee and also sign the informed consent when an uneducated participant was being consented.
Education History
Institution #1
- Institution: Njala University
- Degree Awarded: Master's
- Major: Public Health
- Minor:
- Location: Sierra Leone
- Completion Date: April 1, 2019
Institution #2
- Institution: College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Internal Medicine, Surgery
- Minor: Community Health
- Location: Sierra Leone
- Completion Date: October 1, 2016