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Networking Skills is vital for success - Chevening



haitem08 3 / 6  
Oct 29, 2016   #1
Chevening is looking for individuals with strong networking skills, who will engage ...

I believe that having solid networking skills is vital for success and having this skills necessitates superb interpersonal and communication skills.
In the year 2011, when the revolution started in Libya, bombs and natos started to come down regularly in our houses. This war created thousands of casualties. This presented new challenges to us doctors on both sides in the conflict, as we sought to save our patients' lives.

It was exactly that time when I had my duty in Intensive Care Unit in an area which is approximately 70kms away from my hometown. Some of the doctors and nurses on duty began to evacuate, and I was one of the doctors who chose to stay in the hospital. Imagine our situation when there is very few healthcare workers, inadequate amount of medical supplies, and yet hundreds of casualties were brought to the hospital. I was the head of the Triage Team, who determined the urgent cases to non-critical ones, designated tasks to the team, communicated and collaborated with every departments in the hospital, and inter-hospital transfers.

Later on, I volunteered to help in Benghazi, the place most affected by war. I was one of the doctors who encouraged, organized and built a team of healthcare professionals that will provide management to the respondents. I coordinated with the Ministry of Health to seek assistance for medical supplies, manpower, and ambulance. Casualties had to be taken from the field of battle to the places where we, doctors and nurses could treat them. They were collected by stretcher-bearers and moved by a combination of people and cart, and later on by motorized ambulance 'down the line'. Men would be moved until they reached a location where treatment for their specific injury would take place.

With all these experiences, I've learned that seeing the casualties of combat does more than produce war doctors capable of caring for any injury. It has the paradoxical power to create doctors with an extraordinary appreciation for all humanity. I suppose that having this fruitful networking with my fellow healthcare professionals, the ministry, was not just because of interpersonal or communication skills, but because of having this passion beyond the call of duty.

Recently, I am working in International Medical Corps which is a global humanitarian organization, wherein I am a Doctor Supervisor for Sea Rescue Team, Detention Center Team and On-Call Emergency Team that aims to provide disaster relief, deliver health care to underserved regions, build clinics, and train local health care workers with the goal of creating self-reliant and self-sustaining medical services.

Yes, we are `n`ow experiencing chaos in our country however, if be given a chance to be a chevening scholar, it's an assurance that I will be a role model to my Libyan fellows that there is still hope that we can change for the better. I will be very committed and passionate to enrich my networking, capability and knowledge and transfer them to improve Libya.

channyein - / 4  
Oct 29, 2016   #2
Hello there,
I have to admit that my English is that good. But I think your essay didn't answer the questions fully. You might want to focus more on the networks you established rather than the situations of your hospital and the process of medical care. Hope this would help you!
Holt  Educational Consultant - / 15404  
Oct 29, 2016   #3
Haitem, the essay that you wrote is more relevant towards the Chevening Leadership and Influencing essay rather than this networking essay. There is no reference to a professional network which should represent the connections that you have made during your professional career that can help you further advance your role in your chosen field. At this point, I can't even advise you to revise the essay because a revision would only be possible if the essay somehow met the prompt requirements. This essay doesn't meet any aspect of the requirements. Therefore, your only option is to write a totally new essay. This time keeping the essay prompt in mind and consciously making the effort to present the expected networking skills to the reviewer. It is possible that you just got your essays mixed up and you have the correct essay for this prompt somewhere on file. Try to find it and have us review that one. I am looking forward to reading the correct essay very soon.
OP haitem08 3 / 6  
Oct 29, 2016   #4
@Holt
Yes, I'm really confused with the networking skills. Do you think I can use this essay as a substitute for the Leadership skills? Is there any correction here in case I use this?
Holt  Educational Consultant - / 15404  
Oct 30, 2016   #5
Haitem, you can use this essay for the leadership question but you definitely cannot use it for the networking essay. The networking essay should contain information that shows how you have the ability to work with a team. It needs to prove that you know how to approach people in order to get work done either for your benefit or the benefit of others. It should show your civic side if possible. Think of the networking essay as the method by which you can be judged for your ability to make steadfast professional friends who can help you move your career forward once you have completed your masters degree.

For example, you can explain how your hometown did not have a football team and the town wanted one. They formed a committee to establish the team. You joined the group and was tasked with getting uniforms for the team. Who were the people you approached in order to get started? First you had to get the team uniform design by whom? How did you convince him to approve the design? Then, you had to get funding to pay for the uniforms, how did you do that? Finally, how did you find someone to sew the uniforms? That is a simple example of how you create a network.


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