COMMON THEMES
COVID-19
Pandemic-related issues including anxiety about becoming infected and/or infecting others (family, colleagues), access to PPE, social isolation (from family, aged parents, children, grandchildren), home schooling, working from home
Integrating personal/professional life
Meeting work and family needs, sharing tasks with partner
Social support & community at work
Strategies to deal with colleagues or staff, building peer relationships, taking breaks at work with colleagues, networking with peers
Optimising meaning at work
Ensuring work tasks are considered most meaningful, aligning values and priorities with work-related tasks, reviewing non-clinical roles,
Addressing workload
Saying ‘no’ and prioritising activities, avoiding over-scheduling, setting expectations, setting goals, establishing roles & responsibilities
Building leadership skills
Influencing others including leaders, having challenging conversations, building teams, leading change, making important decisions
Pursuing hobbies and recreation
Finding time, discovering interests
Engaging in self-care
Strategies to get exercise, sleep, eat and hydrate healthily, attend to medical needs
Strengthening relationships outside of work
Proactively scheduling virtual social events with friends, spending virtual time with family, showing appreciation for others and their circumstances despite the pandemic, being grateful.
Improving work efficiency
Steps to dealing with emails and meetings, setting boundaries with patients, colleagues and peers.