Shapes Toolkit Programme: Anti-Burnout Training for Educators and Trainers (FD12NOV26)

The Shapes Toolkit programme is a powerful blend of neuroscience, coaching principles, and practical productivity and resilience techniques developed by Dr Rachel Morris, a former GP who knows what it’s like to work in a busy role on the frontline, who put together the tools and strategies that she needed to thrive as a busy doctor.

Booking courses

Please ensure that you check your availability before booking a place and add the booking to your diary / calendar. Please ensure that you also book the relevant study leave in advance with your employer.

Please refrain from booking multiple instances of the same course or course type to ensure that places are available to your colleagues. If a course is full, please add yourself to the waiting list and you will receive a notification if a place becomes available.

Multiday courses

This is a multiday course. The attendance requirements for multiday courses are:

You must secure rota coordinator agreement for the time off for all course days before booking and follow the study leave process

Attendance at all sessions is required in order to complete the course and be awarded a participation certificate

If your availability changes before the course and you know that you will be unable to attend one or more sessions, you must cancel your place as soon as possible

If you are absent from day 1 of the course, you will be withdrawn from the remainder of the course

Joining Instructions

This is a virtual course, the joining instructions for the virtual meeting will be added to the documents section (above) before the course. Please ensure that you are able to access this before the course so that you are ready to join on the day.

Booking cancellation

Participants must make every effort to attend courses they have booked. If your availability changes after booking, please cancel your place through Maxcourse as soon as possible. This will release the place for colleagues on the waiting list.

If you need to cancel within 1 week of the course or the course has started and you are not able to attend, please email england.lsfdcourses.yh@nhs.net to give your apologies

This course is only available to Educational Supervisors, Education Leads, Training Programme Directors and Senior Faculty within Yorkshire and the Humber.

Mandatory: Dentist, or Doctor, or Public Health Professional

The Shapes tools help individuals to think differently about their work and escape the guilt of never being able to ‘do enough’. It will help them become less stressed, more productive and give them tools which enable them to make a deliberate choice to thrive in work and life.

It can also help managers, trainers and clinical leaders have better one-to-one conversations with their trainees, colleagues and teams around the underlying causes of stress and facilitate enhanced interprofessional relationships. 

• To introduce participants to the core Shapes Toolkit models that help healthcare professionals recognise stress, reduce overwhelm and build personal resilience.
• To equip participants with simple, practical tools to prioritise competing demands, set boundaries confidently and take back control of their workload.
• To strengthen confidence, communication and self awareness so participants can respond more effectively to challenging situations, support others without rescuing and make sustainable choices at work.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Identify their own early signs of stress and use Shapes tools such as the Zone of Power, In the Corner and the Vortex of Busyness to create practical actions that reduce overwhelm.
• Apply the Prioritisation Grid and other Shapes models to focus on what really matters, manage workload more intentionally and set healthier boundaries.
• Use the Drama Triangle and Coaching Pentagon to shift unhelpful roles, improve conversations with colleagues and support others in a more empowering way.