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14/02/2022

Well it's been a long time coming ... I have finally written another article on burnout - my excuse for the delay is I've been busy looking after myself. Happy reading and hope there is something useful here for you

WE are into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and doctor wellbeing is an

21/07/2021

For many people, undertaking specialty exams may be their first experience of exam failure or struggling with exams and study. Throughout medical school exams tend to focused primarily on assessing your recall and understanding of content. As you progress in seniority, the exams become much more focused on your capacity for application and prioritisation of information in particular circumstances. This requires a different set of metacognitive skills than recall and understanding....

For many people, undertaking specialty exams may be their first experience of exam failure or struggling with exams and study.  Throughout medical school exams tend to focused primarily on ass…

21/07/2021

“If someone says: ‘I have worked hard but I have not been successful,’ don’t believe him. If someone says: ‘I have not worked hard and I have been successful,’ don’t believe him. If someone says: ‘I have worked hard and I have been successful,’ believe him”. The Talmud Careers can be tricky. Some people know from an early age what they want to do....

“If someone says: ‘I have worked hard but I have not been successful,’ don’t believe him. If someone says: ‘I have not worked hard and I have been successful,’ don’t believe him. If someone says: ‘…

08/06/2021

Have just completed Trauma Informed Care training with - It's really incredible how aligned coaching is with trauma informed care. Both are strengths based, promote control and autonomy, promote connections and hold positive expectations for the future. This is so important as so many doctors have experienced traumatic events in their professional lives - ranging from exposure to death/pain/suffering, workplace bullying, making a medical error and having a complaiin made. Given 3/4 people in any case experience a traumatic event at some point in their life - it is more important than ever that these events and their impacts on professional and personal wellbeing be considered.

01/06/2021

Revisiting a post from 2020...my thoughts back then in the early days of the pandemic are no less relevant now in 2021.

I wrote this blog post in 2020 during the long Melbourne lockdown. Back in lockdown 2021 and in the midst of vaccination rollouts across the world I thought it was important to think about these th…

27/05/2021

Watching the lunar eclipse last night and thinking about the interplay with light and dark. How sometimes a very bright light hides a deeper light. How the light of the sun prevents us seeing the stars. And yet when the sunlight is in shadow we can see a whole universe where we thought there was just darkness. So find the hidden light in the darkness and let it shine... because that hidden light is one that illuminates everything. Let your light shine.



Photo by M.Lowinger

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04/05/2021

In trying to be the best we can be for our patients we can end up burning ourselves out and suffering compassion fatigue. If we truly want to provide compassionate care we must learn to be compassionate towards ourselves. See more about looking after yourself at www.coachgp.com.au