Member Webinar: Psychological self-care for anaesthetists: recognising burnout and identifying your own pressure points
6.30pm, Wednesday 11 November
Hosted by the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists – Ngā Ringa Tauwhiro o Aotearoa, with guest speaker New Zealand Registered Psychologist Sarah Colgan.
Learn how to recognise the key signs of burnout and reflect on your pressure points and self-care behaviour with Sarah Colgan. Bringing a decade of experience, Sarah specialises in health psychology, a field of psychology that recognises the complex interactions that occur between our thoughts, feelings, behaviours, and physical health.
Sarah will share her expertise in this webinar specifically for anaesthetists, recognising the high-stress and often challenging environment many of us work in. Including a case study loosely based on real anaesthetist experiences that will encourage you to reflect on your own behaviours.
Registration is required.
This webinar is free and exclusively for NZSA members.
Not a member? You can join the NZSA here
We encourage you to attend live so you can participate in the Q&A. A recording of the webinar will be available to members to watch as an ongoing resource.
Guest speaker – Kaikōrero manuhiri
New Zealand Registered Psychologist, Sarah Colgan
With specialised training in health psychology, Sarah uses evidence-based practice to enhance people’s overall psychological and physical wellbeing.
Working for the past ten years for the district health boards and in private practice, Sarah primarily works with people with pain (both acute and chronic) and supports people through the psychological impact of living with a chronic illness experience. Alongside providing professional supervision and psychological support to medical and nursing staff in various hospital departments, with a particular focus on workplace stress, and clinical supervision to other psychologists.
