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Beating Burnout

Please note: The 2010 workshop has been cancelled

 

Workshop information

What will you learn?

Are you exhausted or stressed all the time? Do you struggle to balance family, leisure and work time?

Surgery is a stressful profession that requires the highest degree of expertise and skill. In this three-hour workshop, we introduce key "burnout" risk factors facing surgeons. You will learn how to manage stress while ensuring you maintain a work/life balance and continue to practice surgery with the utmost degree of safety and control.

Key learning outcomes

  • To clarify your goals and priorities in respect to work/life balance.
  • To identify your key "burnout" risk factors.
  • To adopt effective approaches for burnout management.

Target group – This course is recommended for surgeons and advanced Trainees

 

Key details

Location and date: 6 August 2010 – Brisbane (ASM), QLD, Australia (cancelled)

Fee (all values include GST):
A$253 (members of the College – defined as Fellows, Trainees or International Medical Graduates within the College)
A$316.25 (non-members of the College)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points: 3 points in the category 7

Presenters: The Cognitive Institute

Registration: Registrations are now closed.

More information: Contact the Department of Professional Development.

Cancellation policy:

  • In the unlikely event that insufficient registrations are received to make the activity viable, or the date or location of a Professional Development activity is changed, the College takes no responsibility for additional individual costs incurred as a result. Please note that registrations are not confirmed until payment has been processed.
  • If a participant cancels their place in a workshop the following conditions apply:
    • For cancellations between two and four weeks before the workshop, participants are eligible for a 50% refund.
    • There are no refunds for cancellations less than two weeks before the workshop.
    • However, at the discretion of the Professional Development Manager, registrants may be offered a refund or given the opportunity to transfer to another relevant Professional Development activity.
    • Consideration will be given to circumstances of a medical or compassionate nature.

Privacy: Professional Development events may be photographed for promotional purposes. If you do not wish for your image to be published, please contact the Department of Professional Development.

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Contact

Department of Professional Development
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons' Gardens
250–290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9249 1106
Fax: +61 3 9276 7432
Email: PDactivities@surgeons.org


Last Modified: 28 July 2010
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