Being able to effectively manage your
time and workload is essential for dealing with the pressure and stress of
working as a doctor. Not only can organising your time efficiently result in
greater job satisfaction but it can improve your personal effectiveness during
your daily practice.
Our innovative course, Time & Task
Management and Assertiveness Skills, is of a highly participative nature and
has been designed to introduce doctors, at all levels, to the principles of
effective NHS time management. The programme looks at how, in a practical way,
you can utilise your time in a more productive and effective manner to improve your
skills and abilities. Furthermore, after the course you are encouraged via an
action plan to introduce the skills and techniques you have learned into your
daily practice.
The course is not only CPD accredited
(worth 6 CPD points) but also meets the criteria of the Medical Leadership
Competency Framework which encourages doctors to
make
more effective use of their time.
Once you arrive for the course, the comprehensive
programme will deliver the following aims and objectives:
·
Understand
why setting goals in a professional and personal setting will make you more
effective
·
Take
away practical skills in prioritisation using tried and tested methodology
·
Have
the ability to delegate in a professional manner using a process which has
proven success
·
How to
be assertive in what you do and recognise aggression and passivity in yourself
and others
·
Identify
what you procrastinate about, and more importantly, why? Then how to deal with
those tasks through techniques learned
·
Determine
your work/lifestyle behaviours and find a balance between them to give you more
freedom and life enjoyment
·
You
will be helped and encouraged to develop your own personal action plan to use
the learned methodology
Time management for doctors is not just
about getting to a meeting on time; it has to become a way of life – a habit.
It is a distillation of practical tips and techniques that are core to the
success of being an organised doctor and you don’t want to miss it!
'Very interactive session that helps to build confidence.'