This on demand webinar is designed to assist members manage the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Victoria and New South Wales battle with increasing numbers of daily COVID-19 cases, prolonged lockdowns, vaccine rollout challenges, staff shortages and difficult patient interactions, healthcare practitioners have been called to shoulder a towering workload, often resulting in stress and burnout.
As part of MIPS’ commitment to promote practitioners’ wellbeing, this webinar aims to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on the current challenges that this second year of the COVID-19 outbreak has brought for your practice and to explore some strategies to help you care for self while caring for others, to ensure you minimise any of the of clinico-legal risks associated to the delivery of care in times of a global pandemic.
Presenter
This webinar is presented by Dr Ahmed Kazmi (MBChB MRCP MRCGP FRACGP DRCOG DFSRH DCH DGM DipClinDerm), GP and dermatology practitioner, as well as stand-up comedian and cabaret artist, who is passionate about provider wellbeing.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Identify the main challenges faced by healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Discuss effective strategies to self-care while caring for others
• Implement a self-care toolkit of strategies to foster wellbeing and prevent burnout.
