Timotej Vataha, MD

Internal Medicine Trainee Physician born in Slovakia, trained in Czech Republic, practising in United Kingdom.

Interested in cardio-respiratory and intensive care medicine. Passionate about medical education and bedside medicine using point-of-care ultrasound.

In free time working on projects Sceptical Medic and MUDr Talks.

Education

Doctor of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
July 2011 – June 2017

• Visiting Medical Student Clerkship, Gastroenterology
  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  May 2017

ECFMG Certificate
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
January 2018

• USMLE Step 1, Score 244 (75th percentile)
• USMLE Step 2 CK, Score 257 (81st percentile)
• USMLE Step 2 CS, Pass
• USMLE Step 3, Score 239 (79th percentile)

MRCP(UK) Candidate
Membership of Royal College of Physicians
January 2019 – Present

• MRCP(UK) Part 1, Pass 610.00
• MRCP(UK) Part 2 Written, Pass 520.00
• MRCP(UK) PACES, expected 2021

Leadership

Member of Commission for Simulation in Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
July 2017 – Present

Lead of MUDr Talks
November 2020 – Present

NHS Leadership Academy Award in Healthcare Leadership Foundations
Edward Jenner Programme, NHS Leadership Academy
June 2019

Teaching

Interactive Clinical Teaching Methodologist
Office for Development and Project Support
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
July 2017 – Present

Founder & Lead of Sceptical Medic
November 2019 – Present

Royal College of Physicians Educator Accreditation
Royal College of Physicians
December 2020

Peer Teacher
Feedback Orientated Observed Teaching (The FOOT Scheme)
October 2018 – May 2019

Co-Founder of Propedeutika v praxi [Clinical Skills in Practice]
January 2017 – March 2018

Clinical Skills

Focused Ultrasound in Intensive Care (FUSIC) Lung
Intensive Care Society
January 2020

Ill Medical Patients’ Acute Care & Treatment
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
December 2019

Advanced Life Support
Resuscitation Council (UK)
October 2018 – October 2022

Publications & Presentations

Vataha, T. (2021). Being a Sceptical Medic: Improving Critical Appraisal Skills Through an Online Based Journal Club. [Poster]. EBMA 2020: The Virtual Conference, 9 March, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Vataha, T. (2018). [SBL and PBL protocols]. [Oral presentation]. SIMU Expert Team Meeting, 13 September, University Campus Bohunice.

Libra et al. (2019). Propedeutika v praxi. [Poster]. MEFANET 2019 conference, 27-28 November, Mendel Museum of Masaryk University.

Quality Improvement

Junior Doctors Evidence Based Medicine Skills Evaluation Survey
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
April 2020 – August 2020

Neck of Femur Fractures Length of Stay 2017/2018 Re-audit
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
September 2018 – January 2019

Patient Safety Specialization
Johns Hopkins University via Coursera
June 2019

Membership

Full registration with license to practice
General Medical Council, United Kingdom
July 2018 – Present

Associate Member, Royal College of Physicians
Associate Member, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Member, British Thoracic Society

Volunteering

Charity Volunteer (Medical Team)
Caritas Czech Republic & Masaryk University
Refugee Camp Helliniko, Athens, Greece
July 2016