What type of job are you looking for?
I am a skilled medical doctor (worked for many year in Italy as GP) with strong experience as researcher, public health and epidemiology. I am looking for a clinical job or for a position in public health with the government
What nationality are you?
Italian
What languages do you speak (and at what level)?
Italian, English, French and Spanish
What country or area are you looking to work in and why?
At the moment I am working in Afghanistan with the International Committee of the Red Cross since more than one year. I wish to challenge me in something totally different in a context like the caribbean islands and to avoid war zone
What countries have you worked in?
Italy, Ivory Coast, Peru, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Belgium, USA, India
What countries do you have a visa to work in?
At the moment Pakistan and Afghanistan
What field do you currently work in?
I am working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan as clinical doctor and public health officer in supporting the Ministry of Public Health in its health reform
What fields have you worked in before?
In Italy for 5 years as GP and 1 year as epidemiologist/public health officer for the Piedmont Region, for 2 years in South America (Amazon) as a GP and researcher on malaria for the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp, for 1 year in Ivory Coast with the project "STOP SIDA (STOP AIDS)", 6 months as a researcher in San Diego (USA), several months in India (Calcutta), Sarajevo, Kosovo in the framework of humanitarian interventions. 2 years as consultant (data analysis) for Doctors Without Borders Italy regarding the projects in Italy, Haiti and Brazil
What qualifications do you hold?
Italian Medical degree, specialization in Hygiene and Public Health; Belgian diplome in tropical medicine and Master in infectious disease control. Several important courses in Public Health, Health prevention and Clinic
Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why?
according to my personality and experience I consider more important the skills you could develop from the fields but on the other hand you absolutely need to have some basic education. Anyway I have had two kind of experiences: tough experiences in developing countries (many at war) and in Italy as a government officer and GP and I know these different contexts needs totally different professional profile.
Describe the benefits of working with others
sharing the emotions and the responsability. building a time that could cooperate and stay together also after hours
Describe the benefits of working alone
The capacity to give all yourself to a task. anyway, also as a doctor I never work alone. I have alway a patient
What was your worst working experience?
Ivory Coast, when in the middle of the therapy for HIV patients the flow of treatment from the Western Countries have been interrupted. hundreds of people were left without treatment and in despair.
What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career?
be patient
What unique skills do you have?
emphaty and passion balanced with my professional skills
What would you consider as your 'dream job'?
I have already accomplished many "dream jobs". Now I wish to slow my pace and finding more time for myself. unfortunately, on the other hand, I still love challenges
What are the most interesting aspects of your field?
working with people and their real needs
Wjat are the least interesting aspects of your field?
I have a lot interference as a public health officer from politics and sometime I have to focus my attention on problems that are not really problems or needs. I do not like very much bureaucracy
Are you satisfied with your carrer up to now?
Yes, I am
How can potential employers contact you?
my email: doigb@libero.it I am still in Afghanistan
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