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Rachel Morris is a GP, an executive coach and presenter with Red Whale; producers of the famous GP Update. In Episode 108 of the General Practice Podcast Rachel described two courses that Red Whale run to develop primary care leaders. In this episode she looks at GP resilience; what it is and how can you acquire it. She considers the causes of stress and burnout and points to a range of useful resources GPs can use to develop their personal resilience.
Details of these further resources are available at the bottom of these show notes
Show Notes
Rachel defines resilience (39secs)
The idea of developing better resilience (1min 10secs)
Is resilience genetic or learnt? (1mins 44secs)
Resilience as a skill (2mins 29secs)
The controllable causes of stress (2mins 56secs)
The value of conflict (3mins 47secs)
Teams are fundamental to managing stress… (5mins 05secs)
…but teams can be a cause of stress (5mins 50secs)
The value of the coffee break (6mins 21secs)
Burn-out – its signs and symptoms (8mins 47secs)
What to do if you recognise burn-out (10mins 27secs)
Tools available to strengthen resilience (11mins 30ecs)
Managing our inner chimp (12mins 44secs)
Managing or reducing stress (13mins 25secs)
When it works…an example (15mins 03secs)
Available resources (16mins 38secs)
Individual coaching (17mins 51secs)
Mindfulness (18mins 13secs)
A bespoke course (18mins 33secs)
Other resources (19mins 10secs)
Finding out more (20mins 13secs)
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Dr Steve Peters’ book “The Chimp Paradox” is available via Amazon here
Mark Williams book “Mindfulness – A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World” is available via Amazon here.
The eGPlearning podblast which reviews the mindfulness app “Headspace” can be found here
Our previous podcast with Paula Wright on GP Learning Groups can be found here
The Red Whale GP Update website is here
You can contact Rachel via her website at wildmonday.co.uk
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