FICM Intensivist in Training Representative Election 2024 - Candidate Statements

If elected, I will actively advocate for trainee colleagues, ensuring our voices are integral to Faculty decisions. My diverse experience in clinical, academic, and educational settings uniquely positions me to build strong communication networks and represent varied trainee perspectives. I have held numerous leadership roles including General Secretary for the Afghan healthcare charity AAHP-UK and UCL CASE Development Director. These demonstrate my ability to foster effective communication, manage teams, and drive impactful educational initiatives.

My PhD provides complementary research experience allowing me to contribute to Faculty projects. My commitment to medical education is evident through my roles as an ALS Instructor, UCL lecturer, personal tutor and examiner. I've also directed the 'Introduction to Anaesthesia Course' at UCLH and created sepsis awareness programs for primary school students. These initiatives align perfectly with the role's responsibilities, including contributing to the Trainee Eye newsletter.

I balance work and home commitments effectively, striving to be approachable and considerate to colleagues at all levels. I am eager to represent my peers, actively shaping Faculty initiatives with enthusiasm. With a collaborative approach and a passion for improving trainee experiences, I aim to ensure our needs are met and help shape the future of intensive care medicine.

As a LTFT Dual Training ICM ST7 in London with a passion for education and trainee well-being, I am eager to serve as a trainee representative. Currently working as Chief Registrar at UCLH and having been chair of the junior doctor forum, I have honed strong leadership and communication skills, successfully championing the voices of doctors to implement meaningful change.

I am motivated to enhance the training experience, ensuring it is both supportive and rewarding for trainees and trainers alike. I believe in the power of effective two-way communication and am
committed to maintaining regular, open dialogue with intensivists in training, actively using feedback to support improvement.

I am particularly passionate about creating a culture of sharing resources and learning across the specialty. By encouraging diverse networks of collaboration and support, we can build stronger connections between trainees, fostering an environment where
learning is enriched and challenges are shared.

I am also deeply committed to protecting the role of doctors as experts in intensive care, ensuring we are strongly represented at the highest levels. I would be honoured to bring my experience, passion, and dedication to this role, shaping a bright future for all intensivists in training.

As I approach the end of my ICM training journey, now feels like the right time to put myself forward to be the FICM Lead Trainee Representative.  

My motivation is simple: to improve ICM training. I believe our experience can be better.

Many things unite us as trainees. The common purpose of achieving a CCT in ICM as well as broader hopes and aspirations for our speciality and careers.

We share challenges. We’re not a homogenous group. We balance our personal lives with the demands of training. We have individual needs and face some challenges alone. The help and support we receive to overcome our challenges shapes our experience of training.

If elected, I will be your advocate to the Faculty Board. My singular focus, improving your training experience, will be achieved by emphasising the importance of meeting our shared and individual needs.

Your views will be respected, and I will advocate for you regardless of background, geographical location, or single/dual/triple training status. Fairness is key.

We are all high calibre individuals, so I won’t list my achievements - this role is about the future. Instead, I offer a simple commitment to improve your experience of training.

I am an ST8 in ICM/AIM/GIM in Liverpool. Previously represented my colleagues in many National and Regional leadership roles, with successful multi-award-winning projects addressing trainees’ issues in training. As a current member of the FICM StRs Committee and IMGs Rep, I have successfully collaborated with FICM to address trainees’ issues, including producing guidance to support IMGs and Trainers in their first year of ICM in the UK.

If elected, my priorities are

• Be your vocal voice at this critical time of the medical workforce crisis
• Advocating for flexibility in rotations
• Supporting the introduction of POCUS into the ICM curriculum to align with global standards
• Improve your experience with FFICM exams
• Tackling Differential Attainment (DA) by promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, with a focus on improving outcomes in exams, ARCPs, and training satisfaction, for individuals with protected characteristics

I hope to make your voice at the FICM board heard to shape a high-quality agile training, while celebrating your diversity, to make the future UK College of ICM the best training body in the world!

Outside of work, I enjoy theatre, charity work for animal welfare, and a keen football fan (even if you’re not Red, I will still represent you well!)