1. Paediatric Surgery Career Dr Osama Bawazir
Assistant Professor , Consultant Pediatric surgeon
FRCSI, FRCS(Ed), FRCS (glas), FRCSC,
FAAP,FACS.

2. Pathways in a Medical Career After qualifying as a doctor, where next and how?

3. Careers Open to the Medical Graduate
Vascular Surgeon GP
Public Health Physician
General Surgeon
Neurologist
Researcher
Pathologist
Occupational Health Physician
Medical Journalist
Medical Educationalist

4. Paediatric Surgery Attractions
The last great surgical speciality
General paediatric surgery
Urology
Colo-rectal
Neurosurgery
Surgical oncology
Neonatal surgery
Hepatobiliary
Etc!!!

5. The last great surgical speciality

6. Paediatric Surgery Attractions
Generally healthy patient population
Little in the way of post-op complications
Quick post-op recovery
Mortality relatively rare
Birth
Few Days
2 Months
7 Months
10 Months

7. Are you interested? Doing procedures, working in an OR
Direct communication style
Like definitive answers; action, not discussion
Like children
Interest in health education and prevention

8. Why Not ? Lifestyle concerns Lack of patient continuity
All procedures, not enough diagnostics
Length of training
Patient population only children
Have to interact with parents
Can’t deal with terminally ill children

9. Options to Consider
1) General practice vs. subspecialty ? 2) Academic center vs. community practice vs. other ? 3) “private” practice vs. large corporation ? 4) Involvement in research ? 5) Involvement in teaching ? 6) Involvement in administration ?

10. Paediatric Surgery Career pathway
Basic General Surgical training (5y)
followed by
? Research (MD/PhD)
then
2 year fellowship training programme

11. Paediatric Surgery Fetal surgery Oncology surgery Transplant
Laparoscopic
Intersex
Conjoint twin

12. Lifestyle Marriage Having kids Traveling for training
Free time for family
Sport
Fixed working hours
Emergency

13. A rewarding surgical speciality
Paediatric Surgery
A rewarding surgical speciality
But
Will there be jobs?

14. Advice and Words of Wisdom
1) Follow you passion
2) Consider lifestyle
3) Consider finances
4) Identify mentor (s)
5) Remain focused yet flexible

15. Question?

16. Thank You