Internal Medicine Trainee Physician born in Slovakia, trained in Czechia, practising in the 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.
Experience
Internal Medicine Trainee
Previously Junior Clinical Fellow (Foundation Year 2 equivalent)
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Health Education England, NHS North West
Prescot, Merseyside, UK
August 2018 – Present
Internal Medicine Resident
University Hospital Brno, Czechia
St Anne’s University Hospital in Brno, Czechia
August 2017 – May 2018
Qualifications
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
Department of Simulation Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
July 2017 – Present
Associate Royal College of Physicians Tutor
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
October 2021 – Present
Lead of MUDr Talks
November 2020 – Present
Founder & Lead of Sceptical Medic
November 2019 – Present
NHS Leadership Academy Award in Healthcare Leadership Foundations
Edward Jenner Programme, NHS Leadership Academy
June 2019
Teaching
Methodologist
Department of Simulation Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
July 2017 – Present
Associate Clinical Teacher
School of Medicine, University of Liverpool
September 2021 – Present
RCP 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. (2021). The Cardiovascular Examination. [Presentation]. UIMS Essential Examinations Series, 17 June, Czech Republic.
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.
Research
Honorary Clinical Fellow
COVID-19 Vaccine Study COV002
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
May 2020 – October 2020
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
Memberships
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
Other
Simulation Faculty Development
OSCE Examiner, University of Liverpool
Using virtual scenarios to create effective learning
Feedback in clinical settings
Respiratory
Acute NIV & Home Mechanical Ventilation
Emergency Oxygen
Pleural aspiration and the insertion of a Seldinger Chest Drain
Safe sedation
Bronchoscopy
Tracheostomy Workshop
POCUS
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Fundamentals
Intensive Care Echo and Basic Lung Ultrasound
Echocardiography for the non-cardiologist
Basic Echocardiography for Beginners
Emergency Radiology Course
Intensive Care
Basic Assessment & Support in Intensive Care (BASIC)
Emergency Medicine Course
COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus
Mechanical ventilation for COVID-19
C19_SPACE (COVID-19 Skills Preparation Course)
COVID-19 Critical Care: Understanding and Application
Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) eLearning
Research, Audit and Quality Improvement (R&A)
Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics
Breaking Bad News
Psychological First Aid
Sleep: Neurobiology, Medicine, and Society
Diabetes – a Global Challenge