Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIUMS AND COURSES
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY
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DR. NURA ALANAZI

Riyadh,Saudi Arabia

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work history

Anatomical Pathology Resident

King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10.2019 - Current

I have been working as a pathology resident in several hospitals in Riyadh including King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH & RC), King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC), King Saud Medical City (KSMC) and Security Forces Hospital with high level exposure to variety of surgical and oncology cases. I was fully integrated into the processing of specimens by taking the primary responsibility for grossing the specimens, dictating the cases, viewing the case slides, writing the pathology reports, contributing to the final diagnosis and attending the sign-out of the cases with the assigned consultant, also I was participating in intraoperative consultation by taking the responsibility for grossing the specimen and smears if needed under supervision from qualified consultants, attending the technical processing of the specimen, participating sometimes in staining of the specimen, viewing the case with the assigned consultant and participating sometimes for delivering the frozen section diagnosis to the clinician.

Also, I attended the following educational activities during my training:

  • Basic lecture course for R1 residents.
  • Journal clubs.
  • Case Presentations.
  • Microscope slide teaching sessions.
  • Regional pathology club meetings.

I participated in journal club discussion, case presentations and in research activities, such as writing case report related to my specialty.

I finished 2 months rotation in cytopathology and I learned cytological preparation methods and being able to describe the findings of light microscopy and being familiar with the concept of cell block preparation and its practical uses, being able as well to interpret the findings to provide an accurate diagnosis or differential diagnosis, attended FNA procedures and reviewing the slides with cytoscreener and cytopathologist.

I completed specialized training in Neuropathology at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Children's and Women's Hospital in British Columbia, as well as at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University in Canada.



Education

Bachelor of medicine and surgery -

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Skills

    - Working under pressure
    - Leadership
    - Driven to learn
    - Communication skills
    - Problem solving
    - Team work

WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIUMS AND COURSES

1- Breast cancer symposium (breast pathology workshop), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2- Research methadology: study design and data collection, KSAU-HS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3- Research engines and literture review, KSAU-HS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4- How to come up with a good research question, KSAU-HS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

5- Road of change research course, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

6- Research methadology online course, Virtual medical academy 

7- Foundation of clinical research online course, Virtual medical academy
8- Suturing skills workshop, SASEM, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
9- Disaster workshop, SASEM, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

10- ECG course, PNU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
11- DM type2 online course, Virtual medical academy 

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES

1- Educator in "awareness of pap smear testing"

2- Participation in "awareness of breast cancer"

3- Participation in "women health campaign"

4- Participation in "the first health campaign in princes Sultan bin Abdulaziz center in Al-Diriya"

5- Participation in "interprofessional education activity: A simulated trauma scenario" 

6- Participation in "2016 international conference on radiation medicine"

7- Participation in "the high committee of the international conference on diabetes and obesity"
8- Participation in "awareness regarding child abuse especially special needs group"

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY

1- First author in case report entitled: "malignant transformation of neuroenteric cyst (ongoing)".
2- Second author in published research entitled: "childhood bronchial asthma in Saudi Arabia".
3- Second author in research entitled: "premenstrual syndrome: prevalence and relation to quality of life among PNU health campus students". 

4- Second author in research entitled: "prevalence of symptomatic dry eye and its risk factors in eastern province, Saudi Arabia".

5- Winning of second place poster presentation of research entitled: " premenstrual syndrome: prevalence and relation to quality of life among PNU
health campus students",  in the second conference of public health and family medicine (Saudi women's health).
6- Poster presentation of research entitled: "prevalence of symptomatic dry eye and its risk factor in central region, Saudi Arabia,
in 5th Saudi optometry conference.
7- Data collector in research entitled: "awareness, attitude and health practice among parents of children with ear infection: A national study in Saudi Arabia regarding otitis media infection ".
8- Participation in research project: A comparison of just in time retraining via lecture vs. video for medical student performance of START in a simulated disaster".

Timeline

Anatomical Pathology Resident

King Saud University Medical City
10.2019 - Current

Bachelor of medicine and surgery -

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

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