Rasika Dissanayake

Experience

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  Network for improvement of critical care systems and training

  Nov 2016 - Feb 2018

  Research Assistant

  Conducted research as a Member of the Faculty of the Network for Intensive Care Surveillance and Training (NICST:https://nicst.com/health-systems-strengthening/)Took part in Coordinating and delivering training on behalf of NICST and its collaborators• Acute Care Skills Training for pre-interns, as part of the National Good Intern Programme, in collaboration with the GMOA.• Intensive care skills for Nurses, in collaboration with the Post Basic College of nursing. • Intensive care skills for Nurses, in collaboration with the Open University of Sri Lanka. • Basic life support courses for the community in Killinochchi Base Hospital Sri LankaTook part in conducting Research Audits and Quality Improvement initiatives in partnership with the NICST. Assisting in Data Gathering and Audits for ongoing regional and national surveillance projects, as under, were part of these activities.• Abdominal surgery registry National Hospital Sri Lanka.• Early Warning System at National Hospital Sri Lanka.I also participated in:• Installing both hardware and software of the updated NICS system in the Government hospitals in Sri Lanka as a part of quality improvement in data gathering in ICUs• Training ICU nurses on how to handle related software. Show less

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  District General Hospital Ampara

  Sept 2019 - Oct 2021

  Medical Officer
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  District General Hospital Ampara

  Sept 2019 - Sept 2020

  Intern Medical officer

  Completed a year's Internship in General Surgery and Pediatrics• Worked in the Thalassemia unit for 6 months as part of pediatrics training

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  District General Hospital Ampara NICU

  Sept 2020 - Oct 2021

  Medical Officer
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  Ministry of Health - Sri Lanka

  Oct 2021 - Aug 2022

  Additional Medical officer Of Health (AMOH-Uhana, Ampara District Eastern Province)

  Additional Medical officer of Health (AMOOH) Uhana MOH Regional Director of Health Ampara(RDHS Ampara). As AMOOH I was in charge of planning and carrying out• Served people with preventive health care• maternity clinics, well-woman clinics• well-child clinics, vaccination (EPI) clinics• school medical inspection clinics• family planning clinics• healthy lifestyle clinics• Noncommunicable disease prevention clinics• health promotion,• healthy lifestyle projects for villages• Communicable disease control programs.• Maintaining and analyzing area data of The electronic Reproductive health management information system (eRHMIS) and monthly quarterly and annual reviewing of data of the area at the regional, provincial, and national levels, identified during that period and proposing solutions to problems. • planning and organizing mass vaccination programs against Covid 19 Show less

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  Nawaloka Hospital Negombo

  Sept 2022 - now

  Medical Officer