Research Fellowship

• Jun 2023 - Present

Research Fellow in the Advanced Research Training Program in Psychiatric Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Research. This fellowship is sponsored by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and is supported by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), U.S Department of Health and Human Services.

Visiting Fellow

• Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

Training Associate and Coach in the College Mental Health Education Programs promoting well-being, resilience, and academic success for students living with mental health conditions.NITEO coach and instructor, supporting the development and practice of academic, wellness, and relationship skills in college students experiencing mental illness.LEAD St. Andrews instructor supporting the development and practice of collegiate academic and wellness skills for students through online semester workshops in collaboration with Wellbeing at St. Andrews University, Scotland. Instructor and Coach in Flourishing Families, supporting parents, guardians, and caregivers of young adults who live with mental health and/or substance use conditions.Newbury Center coach supporting first-generation undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at Boston University. Show less

Student Success Center Writing and Research

• May 2021 - Jul 2022

Medical Officer, General Psychiatry

• Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

• CHBAH Psychiatry Outpatients Department (POPD) patient follow-up. • Conducted psychiatry consults in Internal Medicine, Surgical, and Obstetrics & Gynecology departments. • Admission and acute management of general psychiatric patients requiring hospitallevel care. • Weekly over-night calls: emergency assessments, admission and intervention of acutely suicidal, psychotic, and aggressive patients and patients requiring crisis intervention under consultant supervision. • General psychiatry duties (see below) Show less

Psychiatry Registrar

• Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

Forensic Psychiatry • Psychiatric medical management in 70-bed male forensic psychiatry ward.• Conducted 30-day forensic psychiatric assessments for patients charged with serious offences referred by courts in terms of section 79 of the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA) No. 51 of 1977. • Admission and management of state patients and general psychiatric patients requiring tertiary level care.• Mentoring fifth and sixth-year WITS medical students.• General psychiatry duties (see below)07/2019-06/2020General and Community Psychiatry (Helen Joseph Hospital & Ekurhuleni District Clinics)• One-month general psychiatry rotation at Helen Joseph Hospital Acute Psychiatric Unit. o Psychiatric medical management in 40-bed acute mixed male and female psychiatric ward and outpatient clinic. o Conducted 72-hour assessments (Sec 34) on patients being considered for further involuntary care (Sec 33)).o General psychiatry duties (see below).• Five-month community outpatient psychiatry rotation in Ekurhuleni Community Clinics. o Provided specialized outpatient psychiatric services at Ekurhuleni district clinicsunder consultant supervision.o Assessment and referral of walk-in emergency patients. o Weekly over-night calls at HJH: emergency assessments, admission, and intervention of acute psychiatric cases.01/2019-06/2019 Show less

Medical Officer

• Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

General Psychiatry, Sterkfontein Psychiatric Hospital • Psychiatric medical management in 40-bed acute male psychiatric ward. • Admission and management of adult male and female psychiatric patients referred fortertiary-level care, treatment, and rehabilitation after 72-hour assessment or patients referred for further involuntary care. • General psychiatry duties:o Care, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients according to the Mental Healthcare Act no. 17 (2002).o Working on a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to formulate and adjust treatment care plans. o Prescription of medications and monitoring of biological responses.o Documentation of patient interviews, MDT ward rounds, treatment plans, discharge notes, and follow-up instructions & referrals. o Coordinating leaves of absence from the psychiatric institution. o Educating family and caregivers on patient condition and care instructions. o Weekly psychiatry over-night calls: emergency assessments, admission and intervention of acutely suicidal, psychotic, and aggressive patients and patients requiring crisis intervention under consultant supervision.o Attending clinical supervision with ward psychiatrist consultants.o Attendance and participation at departmental meetings/seminars and lectures. o Attending workshops organized by the department (including calming and restraints training). Show less

Medical Officer Internal Medicine

• Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

• Department of Gastroenterology: o Assessment, admission and specialist medical management of emergency patients with GIT pathology under the supervision of GIT registrars and consultants. o Specialist GIT clinic patient management and follow-up. • Department of Cardiology: o Assessment, admission and specialist medical management of emergency patients with cardiology pathology under the supervision of cardiology registrars and consultants (including admission and management of patients in Cardiac Care Unit). o Specialist cardiology clinic patient management and follow-up. Show less

Community Service Doctor Internal Medicine

• Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

• 3-month rotation in the Specialist Medical Out Patients Department (SMOPD). • 3-month rotation in the Multidrug and Extremely Drug Resistant Tuberculous Unit (MXDR TB Unit). • 2-month rotation in the Internal Medical Step Down/Palliative Rehabilitation Unit. • 2-month rotation in 5-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU). • 2-month rotation in the Internal Medicine General Admissions Ward. • 3-month rotation in the Specialist Medical Out Patients Department (SMOPD). • 3-month rotation in the Multidrug and Extremely Drug Resistant Tuberculous Unit (MXDR TB Unit). • 2-month rotation in the Internal Medical Step Down/Palliative Rehabilitation Unit. • 2-month rotation in 5-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU). • 2-month rotation in the Internal Medicine General Admissions Ward.

Medical Intern

• Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

• 01-12/2015: 4-month rotations in Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Surgery and Internal Medicine. • 01-12/2016: 4-month rotation in Pediatrics; 3-month rotation in Family Medicine, 1-month rotation in Psychiatry, 2-month rotations in Orthopedic Surgery and Anesthetics. 01/2015-12/2016 • 01-12/2015: 4-month rotations in Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Surgery and Internal Medicine. • 01-12/2016: 4-month rotation in Pediatrics; 3-month rotation in Family Medicine, 1-month rotation in Psychiatry, 2-month rotations in Orthopedic Surgery and Anesthetics. 01/2015-12/2016