Medtop: Jury
Dr. Gurkaran Singh Samra
Gurkaran Singh Samra – an experienced Clinical Informatician, Acute Medicine Physician, Quality Improver, and Medtop Award Jury. He is a member of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics and has contributed significantly to the field of Clinical Informatics in Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over the last 6 years. Gurkaran combines clinical informatics with his roles in Quality Improvement and clinical medicine to help healthcare stakeholders drive business toward safer and more efficient care.
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Lancaster University
Post Graduate Certificate Medical Leadership
10 October 2016
HFMA
Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Business &
Finance Supporting quality care through patient-level costing
Finance Supporting quality care through patient-level costing
4 December 2019
HFMA
Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Business and Finance Personal Effectiveness & Leadership
8 December 2021
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
2001 - 2004
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS Medicine
Education
Institute
NW Deanery
Core Medical Trainee
Aug 2012 - Jul 2014
UK
Healthier Lancashire & South Cumbria ICS
Secondary Care Digital Lead
Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
UK
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Clinical Informatician/Deputy QI Lead/Medical Registrar (Acute medicine)
Feb 2018-Apr 2020
UK
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Quality Improvement and Leadership Lead (Medical Education)
May 2021 - Present
UK
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Medical Registrar (Acute Medicine & Clinical Informatics)
Apr 2017 - Feb 2018
UK
Health Education England
NW SAS Specialty lead, Clinical InformaticsNW
Jun 2020 - Present
UK
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Clinical Informatics Lead- Systems Development & Business Intelligence /Consultant (Acute Medicine)
Apr 2020 - Present
UK
Health Education England
NW SAS Specialty lead, Clinical InformaticsNW
Jun 2020 - Present
UK
Job experience
Mentor for Shuri Network Digital Shadowing Programme
Nov 2011 - Jun 2017
Clinical Informatics Flexible Portfolio Training
Supervisor
Supervisor
Jul 2011 - Present
Volunteering experience
Unscheduled Care Representative, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2016-2018
Society for Acute Medicine
Benchmarking Audit (SAMBA) at the
click of a button
Benchmarking Audit (SAMBA) at the
click of a button
Society for Acute Medicine Conference, Edinburgh
2016
Identification of frail patients on AMU
Acute Frailty Network Event, London
2017
How electronic tracking can improve patient care
Society for Acute Medicine Conference, Birmingham
2017
Coding the hospital red and green – a board-round app
Society for Acute Medicine Conference, Birmingham
2017
Blackpool’s Patient Tracker and Acute Care Map
Digital Health Summer School
2018
Learning and development in Clinical Informatics
Faculty of Clinical Informatics webinar
2021
Developing the Clinical Informatics Profession (Instructional course)
Faculty of Clinical Informatics Annual Scientific Conference
2021
Improving the Time to Action, Society for Acute Medicine webinar (SAMinar)
Acute Kidney Injury
2021
An Introduction to Clinical Informatics
8th Annual Northwest SAS Doctor Conference
2021
National Oral Presentations
University of Michigan
Influencing People
27 February 2020
10 March 2020
Accenture
Digital skills: Artificial Intelligence
University of Minnesota
Interprofessional Health Informatics
10 March 2020
University of Manchester and Health Education England
AI for Healthcare: Equipping the Workforce for Digital Transformation
12 February 2020
University of Sydney
Using clinical health data for better healthcare
24 April 2020
University of Sydney
Using clinical health data for better healthcare
24 April 2020
University of Minnesota
Interprofessional Health Informatics
10 March 2020
University of Michigan
Inspiring and Motivating Individuals
18 March 2020
University of Virginia
Design Thinking for Innovation
9 June 2020
NHS Digital
Clinical Risk Management
10 June 2020
Johns Hopkins University
The Outcomes and Interventions of Health Informatics
21 June 2020
Professional Development (INPD) & Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
CMI Level 7 Digital Leadership Program
16 September 2020
Courses
Sir Peter Carr award finalist
July 2017
First Prize Quality
Improvement Awards
Improvement Awards
Jun 2017
Non-clinical team of the year award winner – Health Informatics
Aug 2011
Nov 2015
Innovation/Service Improvement award runners-up – Health Informatics for AMU Tracker
The use of information technology to drive value in clinical services
Jun 2018
The use of information technology to drive value in clinical services
Jun 2018
The use of information technology to drive value in clinical services
Jun 2018
The use of information technology to drive value in clinical services
Jun 2018
HONORS
Publications:
The Yellow Patient (a case report on Yellow Nail Syndrome presenting with jaundice)
Dr. Gurkaran Samra, Clinical Informatician, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
2011
2020
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