Sami  Omer Assistant  Professor

   Personal  Data  

Nationality  |  Irish      

Date  of  Birth  |08/12/1972    

Department  |  Psychiatry  

Official  UoD  Email  |  saomer@uod.edu.sa

Language  Proficiency  

Language   Read   Write   Speak  Arabic   Mother  Tongue   Mother  Tongue   Mother  Tongue  English   Fluent   Fluent   Fluent  

 Academic  Qualif ications  (Beginning  with  the  most  recent)  

Date   Academic  Degree   Place  of  Issue   Address  Nov.  2011   Postgraduate  Diploma   Trinity  College   Ireland  July  2011   Postgraduate  Diploma   Queens  University-­‐Belfast   UK  June  2006   Membership   Royal  College  of  Psychiatrists   UK  

October  2002   Masters   Humboldt  University   Germany  November  1996   MBBS   University  of  Khartoum   Sudan    

Professional  Record:  (Beginning  with  the  most  recent)  

Job  Rank   Place  and  Address  of  Work   Date  Assistant  Professor   Psychiatry   UOD   11/09/1433  -­‐  Special  Lecturer   Psychiatry   UCD,  Ireland   01/01/2007  –  01/01/2007    

Administrative  Positions  Held:  (Beginning  with  the  most  recent)  

Administrative  Position   Office   Date  Consultant  Psychiatrist   Donegal  Mental  Health  Service   July  2011  -­‐  July  2012  Consultant  Psychiatrist   Sligo  Mental  Health  Service   April  2011  -­‐  July  2011  Senior  Registrar   Cavan/Monaghan  Mental  Health   July  2010  -­‐  April  2011  Senior  Registrar   Donegal  Mental  Health  Service   July  2009  -­‐  June  2010  

   

 

 

 

 

Scientif ic  Achievements  

 Published  Refereed  Scientific  Researches  (In  Chronological  Order  Beginning  with  the  Most  Recent)    #   Name  of  Investigator(s)   Research  Title   Publisher  and  Date  of  Publication  

1  S  Omer,  C  Dolan,  B  Dimitrov,  C  

Langan,  G  McCarthy    

General  practitioners’  opinions  and  attitudes  towards  medical  assessment  of  fitness  to  drive  in  older  adults.  

Autrlas  J  Ageing  2013  (in  press).  

 

2  

C  Dolan,  S  Omer,  D  Glynn,  M  

Corcoran,  G  McCarthy..  

Benzodiazepine  and  Z-­‐drug  prescribing  for  elderly  people  in  a  general  hospital:  a  complete  audit  cycle.  

Ir  J  Psych  Med  2012;  29:  128-­‐131  

3  Balint  groups  S  Omer,  G  McCarthy    

Editorial:  Reflective  Practice  in  Psychiatric  training:  

Ir  J  Psych  Med  2010;  27  (3):  115-­‐6  

4  S  Omer,  C  Behan,  J  Waddington,  E  O’Callaghan    

Early  intervention  in  psychosis:  service  models  worldwide  and  the  Irish  experience    

Ir  J  Psych  Med  2010;  27(4):  201-­‐214    

5  S  Omer,  N  O’Connor,  G  Sweeney,  G  McCarthy  

 

Psychiatrists    in  their  eyes:  children’s  drawings  of  what  a  psychiatrist  looks  like    

Ir  J  Psych  Med  2012;  29  (1):  33-­‐35  

Current  Researches      #   Research  Title   Name  of  Investigator(s)  1   First  Episode  Psychosis  Presentations  to  KFUH   N  Alshammari,  N  Alseghaeyr,  S  Omer  

Membership  of  Scientific  and  Professional  Societies  and  Organizations  •   Member,  Schizophrenia  Research  Society  •   Member,  Irish  College  of  Psychiatry

 

Teaching  Activit ies  

Undergraduate      

#   Course/Rotation  Title   No./Code  Extent  of  Contribution  

(no.  of  lectures/Tutorials.  Or  labs,  Clinics)  1   Psychiatry  course  for  undergraduates     4  lectures  +  Tutorials  

Brief  Description  of  Undergraduate  Courses  Taught:  (Course  Title  –  Code:  Description)    1   Psychiatry  course  for  undergraduates  

 

Student  Academic  Supervision  and  Mentoring    #   Level   Number  of  Students   From   to  1   5th  Year   Ongoing   2012   2013  

Administrative  Responsibil it ies,  Committee  and  Community  Service    (Beginning  with  the  most  recent)  

Committee  Membership      #   From   To   Position   Organization  1   2012   Date   Drugs  &  Therapeutics  Committee   KFUH  

 Personal  Key  Competencies  and  Skills:  (Computer,  Information  technology,  technical,  etc.)    1   Word  Processor,  Excel,  SPSS  

   

Last  Update  

7th  September,  2013