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