The wellbeing of medical professionals has never been more important than it is today. That’s why we’ve created a wellbeing service that lets our members assess their own wellbeing and which supports them through confidential counselling, a wellbeing app, podcasts, webinars and more.
The four webinars in our How to thrive at work series have been created with your wellbeing in mind. Each helps doctors, and all healthcare professionals, understand the tools needed to create time for themselves, to find the calmness to make better decisions, to set boundaries for themselves, and discover ways to work happier, not harder.
Throughout the series, which are exclusive to our members, experts from Medical Protection will be joined by guest speakers, Dr Rachel Morris and Dr Caroline Walker.
Dr Rachel Morris is the host of the You Are Not A Frog Podcast and a GP with over 20 years of experience in the NHS. Rachel taught General Practice and Professionalism at the University of Cambridge, before training as an Executive Coach, and has created the Shapes Toolkit Programme. Unlike other resilience training which may overwhelm you with theory and concentrate on just one aspect of resilience alone, the Shapes Toolkit has been created for professionals in healthcare and focuses on making work a good place to be, as well as helping people live well, take control of their workload and respond to things in a resilient manner.
Dr Caroline Walker is a psychiatrist, therapist, speaker, trainer and coach. For more than 10 years, Caroline has helped overworked and underappreciated doctors with their mental health and career towards happier, healthier and fulfilled lives. She has founded The Joyful Doctor to create a platform to support even more doctors.
We explore why, as medical professionals, we often fail to give ourselves ‘permission to thrive’ at work, We also look at the common happiness traps you can fall into, and how you can set yourself goals and objectives to design a working life you love.
Date: Wednesday 8 September
Time: 19.00 – 20.00
Suitable for: All medical members in the UK
Professional development: Earn 1 hour of CPD
One of the biggest barriers to wellbeing for healthcare professionals is a lack of time to do the things they need to do to care for themselves. In this webinar we look at the issue of time poverty, its effect on wellbeing and relationships, and your ability to enjoy life. We also look at the common mistakes made when it comes to managing time and explore some simple ways to create time and space in your busy life for the things that really count.
Date: Wednesday 13 October
In this webinar we look at how to manage your emotional self, explore how imposter syndrome and other unhelpful ways of thinking can cause us to operate out of our stress zones, reacting and behaving in ways which are unhelpful for us (and everyone else). We also look at the neuroscience behind the amygdala response, which causes this and discuss how to manage your emotions and change the stories you tell yourself so you can feel calmer and less stressed about the challenges you experience at work and in life.
Date: Wednesday 10 November
Healthcare professionals notoriously find it hard to rest and set boundaries. In this webinar we explore strategies that will help you maintain a healthy balance between home and work and look at the wellbeing factors which will increase your productivity. We also explore how to rest in a way that replenishes and re-energises, so you can thrive in work and life.
Date: Wednesday 8 December
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