AnaesthesiaWhat type of job are you looking for? Consultant Anaesthetist/Professor or Associate Professor of anaesthesia in a teaching hospital What nationality are you? Indaian What languages do you speak (and at what level)? Tamil and English (fluently) What country or area are you looking to work in and why? Seychelles tertiary teaching hospital/Medical university; Middle east tertiary or teaching hospitals;Ireland/UK county hospitals or any hospitals,medical Institutions where the health care delivery system is on par with UK/USA.I would ike to work in teaching hospitals because for my passions for teaching. What countries have you worked in? India (worked in teaching hospitals all through my career except few months intially in a non-teaching hospital), Ireland,UK,Brunei and Medical University in Libya. What countries do you have a visa to work in? At present I don't have visa to any country What field do you currently work in? Anaesthesia as a Associate Professor in a teaching Medical college hospital What fields have you worked in before? Anaesthesia and Intensive care.As a junior and senior resident in Paediatrics,Anaesthesia,Internal Medicine and Cardio-thoracic surgical unit during the initial phases my medical career before selecting Anaesthesia as my field of specialisation. What qualifications do you hold? Basic Medical Qualification:MBBS-1976-Madras University Post-graduate Diploma in Anaesthesia:1983-Madras University Post-graduate Master's in anaesthesia:1989-Madras University;passed out securing 1st rank in the university. Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? I greatly value Education with sound knowledge and skills rather than mere formal education or skill because combination of both are more vital and valuable than either alone. Describe the benefits of working with others It helps to work as a united force to achieve the goal in any field with ease.On top of all it helps to support,suppliment and compliment each other to work as a cohesively united target oriented successful team. Describe the benefits of working alone I personally feel that the best way to work in any institution and especially so in medical profession is to work together as a cohesive united team rather than as a single person working alone.So I am an advocate of "collective team work" and I don't believe a single person working alone in medical field can deliver as much as a person who delivers when he work as one of the member in the bunch of dedicated team What was your worst working experience? I never experienced any bad working experience because wherever I worked I thoroughly involved myself in my profession and enjoyed performing my job even at odd times and difficult situations.My job as Anaesthetist involves taking critical life saving decisions at times of occurance of critical incidents during the course of Anaesthesia and critical care units which I faced at few times and solved successfully by takink correct decisions and executing them appropriately. What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? I learned that hard work,sincerity,dedication and determination ultimately will bring laurels, happiness,great feeling of fullfillment,happiness and rewards. What unique skills do you have? Plesant manners to adopt to the society,environtment to work as a dedicated member to carry out the responsibility assigned to me ,to my level best. What would you consider as your 'dream job'? Teaching faculty in Aneasthesia What are the most interesting aspects of your field? The uniqueness of Anaesthetic faculty is that we as an anaesthetist should know something about everything in all faulties of medical sciences not only to safely anaesthetise the varieties patients presenting for simple to complicated surgeries but also provide clinical care services in almost all departments in oneway or other!.Our services of noteworthy places are :A&E department,trauma care,BLS$ACLS care,Radiology suite,Psychiatry suite for ECT,ICU units.burns units. What are the least interesting aspects of your field? Nothing Why I have choosen Anaesthesia as my field? After finishing my House-officer job I was searching for a field in medical faculty which can give an ample scope to practise as an clinical Anatomist,clinical Physiologist,clinical pharmacologist, critically ill care physician,provider of comfort and sleep without pain during surgery,pain releiver during trauma and child birth.I found that the faculty of Anaresthesia was the one I was searching for and I got in to the field with my soul and mind happily inviting my decision. How can potential employers contact you? Email:drvrnathan@gmail.com |