Connect, Pause and Reflect

The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network
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In this series designed for clinicians by clinicians, we hear from paediatric doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals from across Australia who joined us as a part of a four-year research project, to share their reflections on the experience of delivering care for complex patients. Our hope is that their shared reflections may help others to feel empowered, more connected, and able to appreciate how they make a difference to patients and families and identify what sustains them in the many challenges they face.

Episodes

  1. Mentoring

    Jun 29

    Mentoring

    In this episode, clinicians reflect on the value and qualities of good mentoring, how to choose a mentor, and models of mentorship.

    17 min
  2. Grief and Loss - Part 3: Trusting, abiding and growing

    Jun 29

    Grief and Loss - Part 3: Trusting, abiding and growing

    In part three of this three-part mini-series on grief and loss, clinicians reflect on the importance of trust in the relationship with patients and families, how clinicians hold the emotional space and abide as families navigate grief and loss, and how clinicians feel they can grow and also achieve a balance between clinical engagement and self-care, to maximise their own effectiveness.

    21 min
  3. Grief and Loss - Part 2: Delivering bad news and navigating bereavement

    Jun 29

    Grief and Loss - Part 2: Delivering bad news and navigating bereavement

    In part two of this three-part mini-series on grief and loss, clinicians reflect on some of the challenges around delivering bad news to patients and families. In the second part of this episode, clinicians reflect on the importance of modelling and including junior staff in difficult conversations. The final part of today's episode explores how clinicians navigate death and bereavement.

    18 min
  4. Grief and Loss - Part 1: What distresses, perplexes and inspires

    Jun 29

    Grief and Loss - Part 1: What distresses, perplexes and inspires

    In part one of this three-part mini-series on grief and loss, clinicians reflect on the distress they experience when they feel unable to alleviate the grief and loss families endure. In the second part, clinicians reflect on the perplexing ways grief and loss may present and the importance of acknowledging clinicians' own grief and vulnerability. The final part of today's episode explores the different ways clinicians find inspiration and how they are able to persist in the face of families' grief and loss.

    29 min
  5. Finding Purpose and Meaning

    Jun 29

    Finding Purpose and Meaning

    In this episode, clinicians reflect on the ways in which they find purpose and meaning to help sustain them across their careers, despite the complexities they face in their caring professions.

    23 min
  6. Making a Difference - Part 2

    Jun 29

    Making a Difference - Part 2

    In part two of this two-part mini-series, clinicians continue to reflect on how they make a difference, highlighting the importance of understanding the grief families experience, helping them to focus on what matters, and empowering and encouraging families to live in the moment and enjoy the little wins.

    15 min
  7. Making a Difference - Part 1

    Jun 29

    Making a Difference - Part 1

    In part one of this two-part mini-series, we hear from clinicians on how they feel they make a difference via their approaches to consultations, the importance of good communication, building relationships, and establishing trust with families.

    20 min
  8. The Struggle

    Jun 29

    The Struggle

    In this episode, clinicians reflect on the burden of empathy, feelings of guilt and inadequacy, the impacts of struggling through confusion and uncertainty, along with some of the ways they self-protect and reframe their thinking when dealing with complex patients.

    31 min
  9. The value of reflection and connection

    Jun 29

    The value of reflection and connection

    In this epsiode, clinicians reflect on the value of reflecting, the importance of peer connection, models of reflective practice, and how to ensure reflective practice sessions are psychologically safe.

    21 min
  10. Complexity

    Jun 29

    Complexity

    In this episode, clinicians reflect on some of the complexities of working in modern medicine. In the first half, clinicians reflect on complexities around advances in technology, genomics, and the impact of social media. In the second half, clinicians working in central Australia reflect on a different working environment and the complexities they navigate when delivering care in their local context.

    15 min
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In this series designed for clinicians by clinicians, we hear from paediatric doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals from across Australia who joined us as a part of a four-year research project, to share their reflections on the experience of delivering care for complex patients. Our hope is that their shared reflections may help others to feel empowered, more connected, and able to appreciate how they make a difference to patients and families and identify what sustains them in the many challenges they face.

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    The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network
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  • Episodes
    10
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