There is much more to surgery than cutting. To be sharp, you must stay sharp. In martial arts we refer to mizu-no-kokoro or mind like water: be still. We work in an intense environment. It is important to be able to contextualise and reflect. How do you maintain your mental balance and perspectives? Do you recognise the symptoms of burnout? What tools are available to prevent this happening? Are you maximising your cognitive abilities and giving yourself time to recover? Are your being kind to yourself?

Summary

This teaching session is ideal for medical professionals looking to further their knowledge and develop skills pertaining to refection, coaching and mentoring. Understand how to build resilience and avoid burn out. We will explore the foundations of building a successful mentoring and coaching partnership. Explore how to set critical goals offer key questions to you need to ask on your journey of mastery. Learn how to develop your guidance and communication style to maximize the success in every mentoring and coaching opportunity.

Learning objectives

Understand what resilience is and how it might be affected by chronic stress in the working and home environments.
Recognise loss of resilience through using emotional agility aligned to reflection followed by use of a Burnout Inventory
Use of Coaching in prevention and management of established burnout.
Use of Developmental Mentoring to actively prevent burnout and to help manage established burnout.
Questions from attendees on Resilience and use of talking therapies.
Feedback to presenters on subject matter.

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