Are you a Cambridgeshire & Peterborough GP within your first 5 years of practice?  We’d love you to join us for our Career Evening for early career GPs.

Whether you are working as a salaried GP, thinking about Partnership, interested in being a Locum or a Portfolio GP, or seeking words of wisdom on different ways of working, our panel of local GPs will be offering valuable information and advice.

Overview

Programme:

 

Time Topic Speaker
18.30-18.50 Arrival – sandwiches, fries and fruit available
18.50-19.00 Welcome & introductions Dr Cynthia Yohanna
19.00-19.10 Salaried GP Dr Morooj Mohammad
19.10-19.20 Portfolio GP Dr Sisi Chen (Hunts)
19.20-19.30 Locum GP Dr Richard Maddison
19.30-19.40 GP Partner (+OOH/extended hours ) Dr Izi Otobo
19.40-19.50 Retired GP Dr Penny Hobhouse
19.50-20.20 Questions All
20.20-20.30 Closing Dr Cynthia Yohanna

 

Bookings:

This education event is funded by the Training Hub. Please only book if you are sure you can attend. If you do book and later find you are unable to attend for any reason, please cancel in your account or email us to cancel, as we may be able to reallocate your place. Please note that cancellations less than 1 week prior to the event may be counted as non-attendance and you may be charged for your delegate place.

Speaker Profiles

Dr Penny Hobhouse is a graduate from Liverpool Medical school. She completed her GP training in Peterborough. In her 30 years as a GP she has been a partner in 3 different Practices and also been salaried and worked as a locum. She has been lead partner for Safeguarding , Women’s health and the partner responsible for clinical staff. Other experience includes working as a Prison medical officer , GPwSI in Neurology , GP tutor, associate trainer and mentor.

Dr Richard Maddison has been working as a locum GP for the last 18 months and also has roles with the ICB, Training Hub and CPFT. Prior to this he worked as a GP Partner for nearly 10 years. Dr Maddison completed his medical training in London and moved to Cambridge for my Foundation Program and has worked in the area ever since.

Dr Sisi Chen graduated from Cambridge University and went on to Graduate Entry Medicine at Southampton University. After finishing her medical degree in 2010, she did a 2 year Academic Foundation Programme in Clinical Pharmacology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital, followed by GP Training with West Cambridgeshire VTS. After qualifying in 2015, Dr Chen initially worked as a salaried and OOH GP for a year before becoming a locum GP, completing a Diploma in Occupational Health and started working as an Occupational Health Physician at Addenbrookes. In 2019, she became a GP Partner at the Grove Medical Practice and currently works 5 sessions as a GP partner, 2 sessions as an Occupational Health Physician and is also involved with the clinical school for adhoc medical student teaching.

Dr Izi Otobo is a GP Partner working in Ramsey. He has been a GP for 8 years but a doctor for 20 years, with a varied career to date. Dr Otobo joined the Royal Air Force in university with aspirations of becoming a trauma surgeon but as he matured the imagined glitz and glamour of the military surgery life lost some of its lustre. After getting married and having his first child, Dr Otobo decided to change direction from surgical training and started GP training in the West Cambs scheme in 2012, after a couple of years working as a locum ED registrar. He now tries to keep his work-life interesting by also working as a clinical lead for the ICB, as one of the directors at WCF, and working in OOH.

Dr Morooj Mohammad currently works as a portfolio GP. She works part time as a salaried GP and additionally works in a Sexual Health Clinic as a Specialist Associate Doctor. She has a specialist interest in women’s health and medical education. After qualifying as a GP, Morooj completed a clinical commissioning fellowship to gain further experience in Public health, leadership and management. Since then she has played an active role in promoting general practice as a career. In Cambridge, she has led the ‘First Five’ GP education evening meetings for her peers and is an RCGP ‘Bring baby’ facilitator. She regularly teaches and facilitates both medical and non-medical education events, and has recently completed her certificate in medical education. She is also involved in GP vocational training scheme teaching for GP registrars. Most recently she has joined the Akeso coaching operational board and is developing an interesting in coaching and mentoring.

You can find information on the venue and location here