Perspectives on... How my South Asian heritage inspired my humanitarian work
Episode 20, Aug 09, 03:27 PM
#TeamGP Perspectives are peer-to-peer conversations digging into anything and everything general practice. This episode is part of a series for South Asian Heritage Month 2024 discusses the perspectives, experiences and celebrates the achievement of South Asian GPs and clinicians.
Doctors identifying from a South Asian heritage make up around 25% of our members, as outlined in our EDI Member Data Report. Throughout the series, we will spotlight their lived experiences, the unique perspectives they bring to patient care and how their heritage has shaped their journey through General Practice. This year's theme is 'Free to be me'.
Guests:
Dr James Thambyrajah
Dr James Thambyrajah is a practicing GP based in South West London and North Hampshire Urgent Care (NHUC). He is a St John’s Ambulance Volunteer Doctor and former 1st Five Lead & Vice Chair of RCGP South West Thames Faculty.
Dr Hareen De Silva
Hareen qualified as a GP in 2015 and spent 5 years working as a salaried GP in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He was involved in the RCGP as the First5 rep for South Yorkshire and North Trent and then became the youngest faculty chair in RCGP history. He was chair for just under 2 years before he pursued a career in humanitarian assistance. He has worked in Greece, Iraq, Northeast Syria, Ukraine and most recently Gaza. He has worked as clinician initially but now works in management and leadership when deployed and was the Head of Mission for his organisation CADUS in Gaza. He currently lectures for World Extreme Medicine in Humanitarian Medicine and working as a locum GP when he is not deployed on mission.
Instagram: @royalcollegeofgps
Resources and Additional Material:
Doctors identifying from a South Asian heritage make up around 25% of our members, as outlined in our EDI Member Data Report. Throughout the series, we will spotlight their lived experiences, the unique perspectives they bring to patient care and how their heritage has shaped their journey through General Practice. This year's theme is 'Free to be me'.
Guests:
Dr James Thambyrajah
Dr James Thambyrajah is a practicing GP based in South West London and North Hampshire Urgent Care (NHUC). He is a St John’s Ambulance Volunteer Doctor and former 1st Five Lead & Vice Chair of RCGP South West Thames Faculty.
Dr Hareen De Silva
Hareen qualified as a GP in 2015 and spent 5 years working as a salaried GP in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He was involved in the RCGP as the First5 rep for South Yorkshire and North Trent and then became the youngest faculty chair in RCGP history. He was chair for just under 2 years before he pursued a career in humanitarian assistance. He has worked in Greece, Iraq, Northeast Syria, Ukraine and most recently Gaza. He has worked as clinician initially but now works in management and leadership when deployed and was the Head of Mission for his organisation CADUS in Gaza. He currently lectures for World Extreme Medicine in Humanitarian Medicine and working as a locum GP when he is not deployed on mission.
Instagram: @royalcollegeofgps
Resources and Additional Material:
- South Asian Heritage Month
- Reflecting on my heritage for South Asian Heritage Month (rcgp.org.uk)
- NHS England » South Asian Heritage Month – My journey of empire
- GP Lives: War and Peace | GP Frontline (rcgp.org.uk)
- Representation within the medical field (rcgp.org.uk)
- Notes from the field: A GP details his work in conflict zones (rcgp.org.uk)
Email membershipcommunities@rcgp.org.uk for more information on how to get involved with the College's work or find your local Faculty team for a friendly discussion about what’s going on close to you.