Know Your Why SuppoRTT workshop

Where am I now and how did I get here? Where am I going next? Understanding your values and how to choose a career that is right for you.

By Dr Susy Stirling

Date and time

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:00 - Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:00 PST

Location

Online

About this event

At times training can challenge the robustness of our beliefs about what we do and why we do it. Some trainees lose sight of why they chose their specialty and what they want to get out of it. Others discover new passions and interests and wonder how to incorporate them into the career path they were following. Sometimes life throws us a curveball which means we have to reassess our career choices for reasons outside our control.

The SuppoRTT programme is offering a virtual workshop for returners to explore and understand their values and their career choices.

Who is this workshop for?

If you have ever found yourself questioning why you do the job you do, and feeling disconnected from the person who made that career choice in the first place, this workshop is for you. Meet others who have felt similarly, and reconnect with, or re-design, your career aims and aspirations. This is a relaxed, informal 10-3 workshop via zoom. The emphasis will be on exploring how you feel about your career in a non-judgemental environment. This day is completely independent from any discussion with faculty from your school.

Intended benefits for participants are:

To explore concerns returners might have about the role they are returning to
To think about the possible impact that any change in personal circumstances might have on their ability to be themselves at work
To remind themselves why they chose their healthcare profession as a career, and why their specialty
To be able to articulate their ‘why’ about why they do what they do
To speak with confidence about their time out of training
To engage in a safe learning environment at a time when (for some) learning might seem more challenging than in the past, and to build self-confidence in doing so

To network with other returners and create supportive alliances.

What have past attendees said?

"An invaluable day; Excellent facilitator; The session was invaluable; really useful; so glad I came; very helpful; small group and relaxed nature allowed me to voice things I wouldn't normally. Loved being able to explore these issues; Really challenged my ideas in a safe and informal space; felt really heard and respected; loved the variety of activities and in-depth discussions; this should be offered to all."

Organised by

Dr Susy Stirling

Susy is Associate Dean and Coaching Scheme Lead at Health Education England Y&H, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the School of Health and Related Research at Sheffield University. She has worked in a variety of health systems in the NHS and overseas, and for and with acute trusts, health authorities, primary care groups, primary care trusts, a strategic health authority, clinical commissioning groups, Public Health England, NHS England and Health Education England. She runs the Future Leaders Programme in Y&H, a multidisciplinary clinical Leadership Fellowship Scheme. Susy trained and worked in Public Health, and became interested in organisational development after observing the impact of successive NHS reorganisations on staff as well as patients. She set up and runs a Coaching Scheme for trainees, having trained as a coach and seen at first-hand how powerful the impact of protected thinking time away from the coalface can be on workplace effectiveness, engagement and wellbeing, all of which contribute to better patient care. She is an experienced facilitator and is trained in NHS Leadership Academy 360 appraisal, Action Learning Set facilitation, Thinking Time Coaching and facilitation, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Strength Deployment Inventory, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Hogan psychometric tools. She is interested in supporting healthcare professionals to find reward and motivation at all stages of their careers.

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