How to be well in an unwell system at otw19 conference

Written By Clare Skinner

May 2019

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How to be well in an unwell system at otw19 conference, 18 May 2019, Sydney - YouTube

The panel discusses ways to balance social, mental, and financial wellness and opportunities to improve your quality of life. Wellbeing is much more than physical health. It includes physical as well as social, mental, and financial wellness. Working as a junior doctor comes with unique challenges. While attention is rightly being drawn to the need to improve the working conditions for doctors in training, there are ways we can each maximise our wellbeing now. The panel discuss ways to balance each of these wellbeing dimensions, and opportunities to improve your quality of life. The panel includes Chris Elliot, Caitlin Weston, Jules Willcocks, Clare Skinner.

Clare Skinner

Dr Clare Skinner is a specialist emergency physician with interests in leadership, advocacy, workplace culture, quality and safety, clinical redesign and health system reform. Her current areas of focus include transformation of the emergency department workforce, improving care of people with mental health symptoms, building positive culture in hospitals, and fostering diversity and inclusion in health services. Clare works as a clinician, manager and educator. She is a frequent contributor to academic journals, mainstream media and medical blogs on topics related to hospital practice and culture. Clare is a regular speaker at emergency medicine and leadership conferences and seminars. She was selected in the Top 50 Public Sector Women NSW in 2018.

https://clareskinner.com
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