My Experience in Lincoln

Pradeep RatnasekarePostdoctoral Fellow in Medical Administration/ Health

ManagementCommunity and Health Research Unit

University of Lincoln

Introduction• My career background

• Background of Medical Administration/ Health Management

• Postdoctoral overseas exposure

• Why did I select University of Lincoln?

Challenges at the beginning

• Challenges of starting a new life in a totally foreign environment

• Temporary isolation, home sickness, emotional instability

• Hostile climate… adding up to make things worse

Key components of my exposureAssignments covering my Fellowship study objectives

Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops and Lectures

Training programme in Systematic Review

Study visits - gaining first hand exposure in focused areas of health system

Trent Region SAPC conference 2018 at St. Mary’s Conference centre, Sheffield.

Rural Health Innovation Exchange programme at Epic centre, Lincolnshire showground

Key components…(contd.)• Involvement in research work

• Routine academic work

• Hospital attachment in Aberdeen

• Social activities and events

Attachment of hospital exposure in the Teaching Hospitals (ARI, RACH & AMH) attached to the University of Aberdeen

CaHRU Team building away day at Falconry centre, Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire

My way forward in SL

Opportunities for experimentation…• Upcoming health system reforms – plan to restructure the primary

healthcare delivery model

• Developments in prehospital care – new Indian government donated 1990 emergency ambulance system

• Current developments in the process of risk management in hospitals

• Lack of guidelines for Health Buildings

My sincere gratitude to…My supervisor, Prof. N. Siriwardena • for offering a placement in CaHRU• for assessing, supporting and guiding me in many ways• for giving an opportunity to present my experience

Ms Susan Bowler• for providing an efficient administrative support

All my colleagues in the CaHRU for tolerating me

Thank you!