Qualifications

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10/2001 - 06/2004

BA in English Studies with QTS

University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in Siedlce, Poland
(graduated cum lauda)

10/2006 - 07/2007

PG Dip in Human Resource Management

ALMAMER Warsaw University of Economics, Poland
(graduated cum lauda)

03/2010 - 10/2011

MSc in Clinical Optometry Program

Salus University & Okomedica
(I learned along with the students for 1.5 years, whilst being a translator and an interpreter for the program - interpreting during all lectures and practicals and translating all course-related slides and handouts)

04/2012

Job shadowing (ophthalmology)

Courtesy of dr Joanna Śledziowska from Ophthalmology Ward at the Regional Specialist Hospital in Biała Podlaska (Poland) and professor Robert Rejdak from the Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lublin (Poland), I had an opportunity to shadow ophthalmology consultants and watch ocular surgery live (cataract surgery - in Biała Podlaskia, vitrectomy, retinal detachment and strabismus - in Lublin). 

06/2015

Job shadowing (ophthalmology - ocular trauma)

Courtesy of ophthalmology consultant from the Regional Specialist Hospital in Poznań, I had a chance to see the work of the Eye Casualty in a large Polish city. 

08/2015

Job shadowing (obstetrics, gynaecology and emergency medicine)

Courtesy of professor Mirosław Wielgoś, current Rector of Medical University of Warsaw, I had an opportunity to shadow the consultants at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, as well as at the A&E for over a week. 

08/2016

Job shadowing (cardiology)

Courtesy of dr Elżbieta Sadurska from Lublin (Poland), I had an opportunity to shadow the consultant at the private cardiology practice and improve my understanding of echocardiography and electrocardiography.

09/2017

MSc in Psychology

BPS-accredited course, University of Sunderland, UK
(graduated with distinction)

09/2017 - 09/2018

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

clinical experience in inpatient mental health setting

04/2018 - 12/2018

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

clinical experience in outpatient mental health setting (children and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS)

01/2020 - 01/2021

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

clinical experience in outpatient mental health setting (IAPT - improving access to psychological therapies)

01/2021

PgCert in Low Intensity Assessment and Intervention Skills for Psychological Wellbeing Practice

Low intensity CBT practitioner (final exam passed with 95% score), Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.