Preventing burnout: Empowering practitioner resilience and wellbeing in primary care (online)
This one-day online course aims to empower clinicians within primary, interface, and critical care to better manage the uncertainty associated with the increasing clinical complexity faced on a daily basis.
It will also provide practical tools to improve practitioner resilience to reduce the threat of burnout.
The course also addresses our increasing role in empowering patient wellbeing and return-to-work.
Enrol on this course
| Start date | Days and times |
|---|---|
| 2 May 2025 | 09:00 registration for 09:30 start |
| Fee |
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| £195 |
Who it’s for
Since the COVID pandemic, we have all been faced with managing patients with increasing clinical complexity, often with diminished resources. Practitioner wellbeing and resilience has never been so important, to mitigate the risk of burnout and workforce attrition.
This course is ideal for any practitioner currently working in primary, interface or critical care, who is maybe struggling with an increasingly demanding and stressful clinical environment. It aims to empower clinicians to better cope with the stress and uncertainty associated with clinical complexity and managing clinical risk and provide practical strategies to improve resilience and wellbeing.
What you’ll learn
The course will aim to cover 3 key areas:
Session 1: Clinical risk, coping with uncertainty, and mitigating risk/safety-netting
Session 2: Empowering patients to return to work
Session 3: Practitioner resilience and wellbeing
The course curriculum will be facilitated by a faculty of academic lecturers supplemented by experienced specialist clinicians, and will involve a blended learning approach, incorporating a combination of lectures and workshops, group work supported by some asynchronous pre-course learning.
Topics covered
Session 1: Clinical risk, coping with uncertainty, and mitigating risk/safety-netting
- clinical complexity. What is clinical complexity and the Cynefin model.
- uncertainty. Theoretical frameworks for, coping with, managing and communicating uncertainty.
- managing and mitigating clinical risk
Session 2: Empowering patients to return to work
- current legislation and practice
- black/blue flags
- MED3/FIT notes process
- cases scenarios
Session 3: Practitioner resilience and wellbeing
- the impact of chronic stress & burnout
- how can we take care of ourselves in a healthcare environment
- case scenarios
Benefits
Upon completion of this course, you will have a better understanding of:
- clinical complexity theory and the associated evidence-base
- how to cope with clinical uncertainty and manage clinical risk
- legislation and practical application of MED3/FIT notes
- how stress can manifest and practical strategies to increase clinician resilience to improve wellbeing and prevent burnout
Teaching information
You will receive a CPD certificate on completion for your portfolio. There is no planned assessment for this learning activity.
We will confirm information such as location, online login details etc., approximately 5-10 working days before each session.