Reconnecting with Purpose: Exploring Career Challenges and Rediscovering Professional Passion (PSK8DEC26a)

Pre-course information

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This is a relaxed, informal one-day workshop. The emphasis will be on exploring how you feel about your career in a non-judgemental environment. This day is completely independent from any discussion with faculty from your school. We will have tea/coffee breaks mid-morning and mid-afternoon and a 30 min lunchbreak. The workshop is interactive and involves some solo reflection activities, and some pairs/small group work. You will not be required to share anything you are not comfortable with sharing.

There is some preparatory work to do which will help you get the most out of the workshop:

• Ensure you have something to write with and on. You may wish to use a journal or other confidential space for your work.

• Please complete the VIA strengths questionnaire: https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register

It is free to complete and your report will be emailed to you.

• Have a look at the list of values in the document accompanying this course information and see if you can identify your top 3 (or nearly 3– can be more if you are struggling to narrow it down)

• You may wish to print out the Balance Wheel also included in the course information

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.

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 General Practice and Higher Specialty trainees, and SAS Doctors within Yorkshire and the Humber.

Mandatory: Dentist, or Doctor, or Public Health Professional

To have protected time in a safe environment to consider your career aspirations, reconnect with your purpose and rediscover your professional passion.

This workshop is interactive and participants will engage in both solo reflection activities and some pairs/small group work. Pre-session completion of strengths questionnaire and values exercise is recommended.

• To have protected time to explore motivation for your chosen professional role
• To network with others and create supportive alliances
• To use career development tools to explore career choices and aspirations