The Local Engagement Team (West Midlands) working together with the RCGP invites GPs to:
Self Care, Self Aware – Your Health Matters – FREE Workshop for BMA Members in General Practice (£40 for non-members)
Thursday 31 January 2019 – 9.30 am until 1 pm, Moat House, Acton Trussell, ST17 ORJ
Practising medicine is a great privilege – but currently it often feels burdensome. Ask a hundred people how they are, and they say “Fine!” – Fearful, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotionally imbalanced. Ask a hundred doctors, and they can’t answer – they are too busy looking after their patients! Everybody uses denial. We owe it to ourselves, our patients and our families to work on seeking balance and building our resilience.’
Dr Andrew Tresidder has been a Somerset GP since 1989, is a past Somerset LMC member and Bristol Medical School GP academy lead, the GP patient safety lead for Somerset CCG, a GP appraiser and educator, and a Somerset Clinician Support Service advocate. His particular interest is the health of health professionals, both hardware ‘body’ and software ‘being’.
During the workshop, Andrew will discuss ways to enhance your personal resilience and your enjoyment of life and medicine:
- Doctors’ health and stress physiology
- The physiology of emotions, with a particular focus on personal power in the consulting room
- The drama triangle
- Loss and healthy grieving: change, loss, grief, and growth beyond
- Ten top tips for being a patient
- Ten top tips for being a doctor to a physician patient
- Ten top tips for doctoring children whose parents are doctors
- Interpersonal energy flows
- The wheel of life, and some simple tools to re-balance
Participation in this workshop aims to be interactive, engaging and fun, providing tools and insights to help you combat the stress of medical practice.
CPD points apply
To register for this FREE event use the link here:
https://events.bma.org.uk/self-care-self-aware—your-health-matters/sso