About this module
The module starts with two self assessments which ask you to think about goals and potential symptoms of reduced personal and professional effectiveness. You may find it useful to look at these for yourself or for a colleague whom you suspect may be having some issues with personal and professional effectiveness.
The module is divided into five main sections looking at Planning and Time Management, Working with Others, Managing Emotions and Stress, Communication and Caring for ourselves.
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The start of each section presents a scenario which tells a story about real people whose personal and professional effectiveness was reduced by the circumstances they faced at work in the health care professions. Any of these scenarios could happen to any one of us.
Each section looks at key aspects of personal and professional effectiveness, why it is important and how we can develop or strengthen our resources in these areas. Each section closes with information relating back to the scenarios.
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The module has sections in green where it asks you to reflect on your experiences of the issue under discussion. This is intended to support you to make links between your own practice and the practical resources being offered.
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Examples from people working in healthcare are included throughout the module to illustrate how others have dealt with issues relating to personal and professional effectiveness. These appear in orange.
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Appear in blue. If you click on the blue hyperlinks you will be taken to the resource. Separate access to the resource is also to be found in the references section at the end of the module.
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The module closes with a section on caring for ourselves. It is important that we make time to look after ourselves and our needs when working in busy and demanding environments.
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Credits
Author: Hayley Allan
Thanks to: Helen Halpern, Jocelyn Hewitt, Bobby Wilcox.