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Just out! 6th December 2021
"Consequences of Burnout": Listen to the Podcast here
It was a pleasure to be invited to join Dr Paul Polyvios, NHS doctor in anaesthetics, and founder of "A Doctor's View", a podcast series aimed at discussing everyday topics in health, fitness, and mental wellbeing, and providing an insight into medical life and its challenges, including work related stress and burnout. And all from a doctor's perspective. What's not to learn from that?!
Dr Polyvios recently hosted this podcast, in collaboration with my favoured charity Doctors in Distress, and invited myself, Dr Gavin McColl, experienced GP, campaigner for improving the patient journey, and active in his charity work, as a trustee for DiD and having established On Call Africa, and Brenda Donnelly, a highly experienced and internationally travelled nurse, with a wealth of knowledge and understanding of medical care provision in primary care, for both healthcare professionals and patients, and with a keen interest in supporting multiprofessional primary care teams, and the wellbeing of healthcare professionals at work.
So with the excellent guidance of our host Paul, this quartet stimulated a lot of discussion, covering topics such as the signs of burnout, what might be contributing to it at work and beyond, our own observations and experiences both personally and in the workplace, how some of these things may be tackled and overcome, whether through small or big changes, why medics don't often ask for help, and of course also signposting to the work of DiD and the support that it so wonderfully provides for those working in healthcare.
So please have a listen, and follow Dr Polyvios' excellent podcast series at www.buzzsprout.com/342848
and follow him on instagram @adoctorsview
"Consequences of Burnout": Listen to the Podcast here
It was a pleasure to be invited to join Dr Paul Polyvios, NHS doctor in anaesthetics, and founder of "A Doctor's View", a podcast series aimed at discussing everyday topics in health, fitness, and mental wellbeing, and providing an insight into medical life and its challenges, including work related stress and burnout. And all from a doctor's perspective. What's not to learn from that?!
Dr Polyvios recently hosted this podcast, in collaboration with my favoured charity Doctors in Distress, and invited myself, Dr Gavin McColl, experienced GP, campaigner for improving the patient journey, and active in his charity work, as a trustee for DiD and having established On Call Africa, and Brenda Donnelly, a highly experienced and internationally travelled nurse, with a wealth of knowledge and understanding of medical care provision in primary care, for both healthcare professionals and patients, and with a keen interest in supporting multiprofessional primary care teams, and the wellbeing of healthcare professionals at work.
So with the excellent guidance of our host Paul, this quartet stimulated a lot of discussion, covering topics such as the signs of burnout, what might be contributing to it at work and beyond, our own observations and experiences both personally and in the workplace, how some of these things may be tackled and overcome, whether through small or big changes, why medics don't often ask for help, and of course also signposting to the work of DiD and the support that it so wonderfully provides for those working in healthcare.
So please have a listen, and follow Dr Polyvios' excellent podcast series at www.buzzsprout.com/342848
and follow him on instagram @adoctorsview
Minderful: "It's time to change the way we look after our minds." An important mantra that we should all pay attention to, as said so well by the Minderful team, Nick, James, and Ed, who have experience and passion or making our mental health better, and show that it can be done in many small ways.
I was touched to be asked to contribute to the Minderful Podcast which is a series of daily podcast of "1 minute Mental Fitness", a daily podcast of bitesize audio clips that will help anyone find it easy to look after their minds, especially in these ever busier lives that we lead!
You'll find 1 minute from me #151 July 1st 2021 !)
Check out the Minderful website for more at www.minderful.com which is packed full of great ideas and advice, and from many wise contributors!
I was touched to be asked to contribute to the Minderful Podcast which is a series of daily podcast of "1 minute Mental Fitness", a daily podcast of bitesize audio clips that will help anyone find it easy to look after their minds, especially in these ever busier lives that we lead!
You'll find 1 minute from me #151 July 1st 2021 !)
Check out the Minderful website for more at www.minderful.com which is packed full of great ideas and advice, and from many wise contributors!
Out now! Get your copy here
Beneath the White Coat: Doctors, their minds and mental health
A must read for all in the healthcare profession: written by doctors, for doctors. Dame Clare Gerada has dedicated much of her career to identifying, managing, and supporting mental health in doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Founder of the NHS Practitioner Health Programme which is still going strong, she brings her personal insights and experiences to this book, along with those of other excellent chapter contributors, to bring knowledge, support, empathy, and understanding, of this such important area of mental health and the stigma associated with it, in this highly pressurised profession.
All profits from book purchases going to the charity Doctors in Distress
Beneath the White Coat: Doctors, their minds and mental health
A must read for all in the healthcare profession: written by doctors, for doctors. Dame Clare Gerada has dedicated much of her career to identifying, managing, and supporting mental health in doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Founder of the NHS Practitioner Health Programme which is still going strong, she brings her personal insights and experiences to this book, along with those of other excellent chapter contributors, to bring knowledge, support, empathy, and understanding, of this such important area of mental health and the stigma associated with it, in this highly pressurised profession.
All profits from book purchases going to the charity Doctors in Distress