Dr Theophilus Samuels 2020-08-21 Person 5 5 0

Dr Samuels has been my mentor for the last 12 months teaching myself and a number of other clinicians how to do BSE Level 1 Echo as part of his Echo Fellowship Programme. This comprised of classroom based teaching, hands on echo experience, mock examinations, 1:1 review of scans and logbooks in time for the practical exam on 1/8/20 which each of the Echo Fellows undertook and passed. During this time Dr Samuels has gone above and beyond to teach and prepare us and this was of particular use during the COVID-19 crisis as we were able to use our new skills to perform echo in the intensive care unit to help optimise patient care. A number of notable things demonstrated by Dr Samuels made this possible including: organising weekend sessions to come in and work on our scans, staying late out of hours to monitor our practice on the echo simulator, and clinical and pastoral support over the telephone. The experience has been beyond anything I could have expected as the time and dedication from Dr Samuels meant that the programme was completely tailored to my needs. A brilliant year culminating in BSE accreditation. Thank you!