CARDIOLOGY WORKSHOP Dr. Hanan ALBackr Dr. Hanan B. ALBackr,MBBS,FRCPC Assistant professor of Medicine Cardiology consultant, echocardiography King Fahad Cardiac Center, King Khalid University Hospital outlines -Your name ( briefing about yourself ) -Accreditations. (what/where). -Your Specialty : - Advantages/Disadvantages WHO I am Dr Hanan Albackr Saudi nationality DOB: 21/7/1974 Married with 2 daughters Assistant professor of Medicine Cardiology consultant echocardiography King Fahad Cardiac Center, King Khalid University Hospital Specialty Assistant Professor Of Medicine Specialty-cardiology Did My Subspecialty In Echocardiogram Number Of Years Required The Amount Of Training What Does It Take?!! Advantages And Disadvantages IS IT WORTH IT? Accreditations 1997: awarded a bachelor of medicine and surgery from the college of medicine King Saud university-(KSU). : employed as a demonstrator in the college of medicine- KSU in Riyadh. And joined the department of internal medicine as a medical resident. 2000; had a scholarship to university of western Ontario (UWO) in London Ontario, Canada to do internal medicine specialty. : medical resident in UWO In London Ontario in Canada. 2004: Awarded the Canadian board of internal medicine to become an internist : cardiology fellow in UWO to do cardiology subspecialty. 2006; Awarded the Canadian cardiology board and became a cardiologist. : a clinical fellow in echocardiography in university of Ottawa (OHI) to do subspecialty of adult echocardiography. March 2008: Joined the department of cardiology at KKUH, KSU as a cardiology consultant July 2008: offered a position of an assistant professor of internal medicine at King Saud University Statistically, how many of you will get a faculty position? What does it take? Academia tolerates a tremendous diversity in life management, and research styles-There as many as many researcher styles as there are researchers-If you dont believe me, look at the researchers in your own department-The are some common features among the successful ones What does it take? You can be a natural scholar and use your scholarly interest to lead you to the bench-You can be a natural experimentalist who and use your observations at the bench to lead you to become a scholar-Either way, in the end you need to become a good scholar and a bench scientist What does it take (continued)? There are common features for true success: You must be curious You must be willing to discuss, debate and argue (in a friendly way) with you colleagues and competitors You must be good writer and a good presenter of ideas You must have be driven You must be able to handle adversity Always have a good sense of humor about things Celebrate successes whenever you have the chance Do you Have the Right Stuff? Highly motivated Independent Focused Honest and Fair Determined (stubborn! Persistent!) Collaborative Effective Communicator Calculated risk taker Capable of learning by your mistakes! Can take brutal criticism GREAT sense of humour! If not, academic Science will be hard for you What are the benchmarks that will be used to evaluate you?(ie what are the rules of the game?)(game?) Your publications Your recommendations Your scientific skill set Your pedigree Your funding history Your ability to present yourself Your vision (5-year plan) Thank you please proceed to the following workshop