Hi, I'm Celina Pook

💬 About Me

As a London-based FY1 doctor with a background in quality improvement and research, I am dedicated to developing technology-driven solutions to positively impact patients and healthcare professionals, actively upskilling to excel as a clinician within the healthtech space.

💼 Professional Portfolio

Healthtech and Innovation Fellow (Feb 2023-April 2023) 8 week Fellowship aimed at preparing Clinicians with the skills to pursue a career in Healthtech.

🎓 Education and Qualifications

Nicola Claire Hood Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Year 2 SSC (Received top prize after selection and Oral Presentation) Best Poster prize at the RSM Winter short papers meeting: Innovation in urology

🚀 Relevant Skills

Strong communication skills which I've developed through medical school and working as a foundation doctor where I have interacted and engaged with not only patients, but also the wider healthcare team and senior management. Tech-minded: - Led the creation of a digital wiki platform for my cohort of FY1s to collaboratively share information and tips for each rotation (re-auditing April 2023) - Bitelabs healthtech and innovation fellowship inaugural cohort, where in a small team we developed a concept for a medication monitoring app, I created user research surveys and questionnaires & responsible for creating low- and high-fidelity prototypes using Figma - Webflow 101 Certification - Clinical Safety Officer Essentials training Research skills: - Various urology-based research projects including assisting in Clinical trial implementation, where I built a strong understanding of key clinical trial guidelines and documentations including MHRA, local ethics approval standards, GCP and trial documentation (IRAS) - Experience with Data collection methods using EPR and creation of datasets - Experience in creating and presenting academic posters at both national and international level Strong leadership skills: - Foundation year 1 doctor representation & mess representative -Led a surgical mentorship scheme whilst at Medical school across a variety of London hospitals, comprising 50 medical students assigned to a surgical trainee to increase surgical exposure - Completed Leadership through Education for Excellent Patient Care LEEP blocks 1-3) I am organized and reliable with deadlines, throughout my degrees I have successfully managed tight deadlines whilst working in a variety of jobs including within a nursing home, a tea-shop in borough market, asa a COVID-19 vaccinator, a mathematics tutor and even working in an ice cream shop!

🔬 Research Projects & Publications

"Assessing the quality and readability of NHS urology webpages in England" Journal of Clinical Urology, https://doi.org/10.1177/20514158211011904 "Detailing Sexual Outcomes After Focal Therapy for Localised Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" PMID: 34580049, 08/07/2022 "The Evidence for Fertility Preservation in Pediatric Klinefelter Syndrome" - PMID 36304035, 03/08/2021 "Maximising preparedness from ward-based simulations: Healthcare students' perspectives" PMID: 34658097, 04/2023

🏆 Awards & Achievements

Academic posters: International: "Live birth rates in men with non-obstructive azoospermia with treated clinical varicoceles" 10/09/2021 (The AUA 2021 Annual meeting) "Utilising a virtual platform in teaching gynaecological surgical skills during COVID- 19 Pandemic" 09/06/2021 (RCOG Virtual World Congress 2021) "Audit of consenting practice for Emergency Lower-Segment Caesarean Sections" 09/06/2021 (RCOG Virtual World Congress 2021) "Should clinical varicoceles in non-obstructive azoospermia be treated?" 17/07/2020 (35th Annual EAU Congress 2020) "Mentor and Mentee Perceptions of a Student-Led Surgical Mentorship Scheme" 08/03/2020 (The ASIT International Surgical Conference) National: "Assessing the Quality and Readability of NHS Urology webpages in England" 13/11/2019 (Winter Short Papers meeting: Innovation in Urology)