Doing What Matters: Essential Skills for Effective Learning (PSK3JUN25)

Trainees:

• Do you sometimes struggle with getting everything done?

• Is engaging fully with your e-portfolio a challenge?

• Do you find it tricky to identify the most important activity when you have a long to-do list?

If you answer yes to any of these questions, then this course is for you. You will need to be willing to commit protected time over the period of the course, and to complete any required homework between sessions.

Ideally it will the same group of participants going through the series, with flexibility in the event of emergencies. Attendance is essential for at least five out of the six fortnightly sessions and the follow up session to get the certificate of completion.

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If you are absent from day 1 of the course, you will be withdrawn from the remainder of the course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

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 enable participants to develop, practise, and embed skills that will enhance their learning experience and effectiveness in the workplace.

· Online 30 minute one to one session with facilitator to explore needs (ideally in the two weeks before start of series)

· Presentation of tailored content followed by individual and or group activities to reflect, share and develop individualised action plans at the end of each session.

· Group interactions in breakout rooms will hopefully enhance communication skills and openness to learn from the wisdom of the group.

- Completion of required homework between sessions

a) Explore and document their needs, values, strengths and begin to develop their vision.

b) Recognise and practise the rhythms and habits that best serve their whole life vision.

c) Identify priority areas to focus during the course.

d) Understand principles of prioritisation and time management and choose appropriate tools for implementation.

e) Exploring how to incorporate rest in their routine.

f) Implement mini-action plans using their learning and develop their own process for repeating them

(Participants receive a guidebook with tools at the end of the course).