Dr. O. T.

Ketiku MB BS

Address: 108 Crossley Street

Gorton
Manchester, UK. M18 8BA

Telephone: +447595716086/ +447828613951

E-mail: keticool@yahoo.com

Name: Olakitan Thomas KETIKU

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 27th of April 1980
Sex: Male

QUALIFICATIONS
MB BS, July 2004, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
GMC Full Registration number: 6137699

EXAMS
USMLE Step 1 score: 80
USMLE Step 2CK score: 90
USMLE Step 2CS score: Pass
ECFMG Certified on: 9th October, 2008

PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Member: British Medical Association
Nigerian Medical Association

CAREER INTENTION
I would like to become a Specialist in a sub-specialty of General Medicine.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• General medicine: experience in managing common medical emergencies; care of inpatients; managing
outpatients in the outpatients department; investigations and therapeutic procedures. I also participate in an on-
call rota in an acute intake capacity.

• Teaching skills: tutored medical students during my house job in Nigeria. I have also been recently involved
in the evaluation of prospective PLAB 2 candidates by being an examiner in the mock PLAB 2 exam held for
 them at various times at PLABWISE, Manchester. I also participated as an examiner in a mock exam arranged
for final year UK medical students in Manchester, to help them in their preparations for their final exams.

• Management/leadership skills: During my time as a Medical Officer in the Nigerian Prison Service, I was
privileged to be the leader of the health team as the only attending physician in the clinic. My duties involved
coordinating the clinical as well as the administrative duties together with the other medical and paramedical
personnel.

EDUCATION
1997 - 2004: University of Lagos, Nigeria, MB BS Course

• Credits in Pharmacology, Morbid Anatomy, Clinical Pathology and Paediatrics

• Academic scholarship from 1998 – 2004 by Chevron Nigeria Ltd.

• Member of class basketball and football team

CURRENT APPOINTMENT
August 2008 – August 2009: Core Trainee 1, General Medicine, Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales, UK

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
August 2007 – August 2008: Foundation Year 2 Trainee, Southend University Hospital NHS Trust, England.
- Four month rotation each in: General Practice, ENT & Department of Medicine for the Elderly.

October 2006 - February 2007: preparing for and taking the PLAB exams.

September 2005 - September 2006: Medical officer, Nigerian Prisons Service, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
- Compulsory National Youth Service providing medical care to prison inmates and surrounding rural
community

February 2006 – August 2006: Medical Officer (locum), Christian Medical Centre, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

October 2004- September 2005: House Officer, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
- 3 months each in paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Surgery and Medicine.

CLINICAL ATTACHMENTS
July 2007: Clinical Attachment in Care of the Elderly Medicine, Wigan Infirmary, England.
May 2007 – June 2007: Clinical Attachment in A &E (Medicine), Wigan Infirmary, England.
April 2007 – May 2007: Clinical Attachment in Cardiology, Wigan Infirmary, England.
AUDIT
1. ‘Nose fracture management in the ENT Department of Southend University Hospital Foundation
NHS Trust, Essex, England’, March 2008.
2. ‘The Use of Bisphosphonates and Calcium with Vitamin D3 in the prevention/treatment of
osteoporosis in Riverside Medical Centre, Hullbridge, Essex England’, September 2007.
3. ‘Patient satisfaction with healthcare services provided at the A&E outpatient clinic of Wigan
Infirmary, Wigan, England’, June 2007.
4. ‘Medical Assessment Unit clerking records at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales, UK’, April 2009.

RE-AUDIT
1. ‘The Use of Bisphosphonates and Calcium with Vitamin D3 in the prevention/treatment of osteoporosis
in Riverside Medical Centre, Hullbridge, Essex England’, November 2007.

RESEARCH
Clinical study of ‘The effects of routine prophylactic drugs and clinic attendance on the frequency of crises
among sicklers attending the Haematology outpatient clinic of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital,
Lagos, Nigeria’. A project formulation, in partial fulfilment towards the award of my MB.BS degree.

PRESENTATIONS
1. ‘Dietary counseling & food fortification in stable COPD’: Journal club presentation, Respiratory
team, Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales, UK, April 2009.
2. ‘Medical Assessment Unit clerking records audit’: presentation at monthly Audit Meeting, Royal
Gwent Hospital, Wales, UK, April 2009.
3. ‘Aortic Dissection’: case presentation & discussion at Grand Round, Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales,
UK, January 2009
4. ‘Otitis Media & its complications’: power point presentation at ENT SHO Teaching, Southend
University Hospital, Essex, England, UK, March 2008.
5. ‘The Use of Bisphosphonates and Calcium with Vitamin D3 in the prevention/treatment of
osteoporosis in Riverside Medical Centre, Hullbridge, Essex England’: presentation at monthly General
Practice Meeting, November 2007.
6. ‘Patient satisfaction with healthcare services provided at the A&E outpatient clinic of Wigan
Infirmary, Wigan, England’: audit presentation at Clinical Governance & Audit Meeting of Wrightington,
Wigan & Leigh NHS Trust, England, September 2007.
7. ‘Ca breast and other breast lesions’: presentation of case and mammography findings at the Joint-
General Surgery & Radiology conference, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, July, 2005.
 8. ‘Peptic ulcer disease’: case presentation at the General Surgery Endoscopy Seminar, Lagos
University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, June 2005.
9. ‘Examinations of pupils and disorders of light response’: presentation at Neurosurgery unit seminar,
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, April, 2005.
10. ‘Normal flora’: poster presentation at Medical Microbiology Residents Seminar, Lagos University
Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, March 2005.
11. ‘Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia’: case presentation in the Departmental Paediatric Grand Round
Meeting, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, January 2005.

COURSES ATTENDED
1. Spiral Blue Medical Procedures Course, Regent’s Park, London, UK, February 2009.
2. Advanced Life Support Provider Course (Resuscitation Council, UK), Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen
University Hospital NHS Trust, Liverpool, June 2007.
3. Intermediate Life Support Course (Resusc. Council, UK), Royal Salford NHS Trust, Salford, July 2007
4. ALS Update, Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh Trust, Apr. 2007
5. Advanced Resuscitation Training session at Southend Univ. Hosp. Essex. August 2007.

6. Interview- Skills seminar, APPS UK, Manchester, April 2007.

7. Practical Skills for Emergency Medicine (Module 2) held at Emergency Care Centre, Wigan
Infirmary, Wigan, England, June 2007.
8. PLAB 2 course, PLABWISE, Manchester, Jan. 2007 - clinical skills and training on manikins,
including adult and paediatric basic life support and basic management of trauma.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• IT Skills: British Computer Society Level 1 Certificate for IT Users (ECDL Part 1)
• IELTS: Scored 8/9 [Very good user grade]
• Hobbies: Basketball, football and swimming

REFEREES
Dr. Alison Whittaker Dr. Haris Saleem
Consultant Respiratory Physician Consultant Acute Physician
Royal Gwent Hospital Royal Gwent Hospital
Newport Newport
Wales, UK Wales, UK
NP20 2UB NP20 2UB
Tel: +441633234234 Ext 6355 Tel: 01633234234 Ext 6342
E-mail: alison.whittaker@gwent.nhs.wales.uk E-mail: haris.saleem@gwent.nhs.wales.uk