Registration brochure

Carnarvon Gorge Wilderness Lodge 20–22 April 2018

Registration closes Friday 30 March 2018

Caring for our number one patient. You.

Attend the Rural Medical Resilience Retreat and discover how occupational resilience can benefit a rural doctor.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Professor Mark Craigie and

Kellie Allen

Friday 20th AprilWelcome reception

Saturday 21st AprilBreakfastMorning walk or Professor Mark Craigie workshopLunchKellie Allen workshopDinner

Sunday 22nd AprilBreakfastWalk or Professor Mark Craigie WorkshopLunchClose

Workshop feeThe workshop fee including accommodation is $450 (GST inclusive). Central Highlands Healthcare members of staff receive a subsidy. All prices are exclusive of alcohol.

Your wellbeing weekend

The welfare of Queensland’s remote communities rests with rural doctors and their ability to provide continuity of care. It is an increasingly difficult role and burnout is commonplace. Estimates claim that one in three doctors are experiencing burnout at any time.Burnout causes many problems. Medical errors become more frequent while patient satisfaction decreases. A doctor’s job satisfaction plummets, which leads to absenteeism and doctors leaving the profession.

The Rural Medical Resilience Retreat is designed to build occupational resilience among rural doctors. The workshop is held over one weekend and introduces keynote speakers Professor Mark Craigie and Kellie Allen, two of Australia’s leading exponents of workplace health.

Building Occupational Resilience in Australia’s Rural DoctorsHosted by Emerald Medical Group and Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, the workshop is part of a larger research program run by Central Highlands Healthcare and Central Queensland University. The program is exploring evidence based models to build workforce resilience and capacity, and as part of the workshop you will have the opportunity to contribute to the study.

To complement the academic content of the weekend, a number of guided walks in the Carnarvon National Park will be offered to all attendees.

Guided walks offer the opportunity to experience Australia’s rich heritage first-hand. You can marvel at centuries old Aboriginal art, take-in the full majesty of a natural amphitheatre while a climb up Boolimba Bluff rewards with a view of the plain that is everything but plain.

Talks and walks

Workshop agenda

Keynote speakers

Dr Mark CraigieClinical PsychologistPhD, MPsych(Clinical), BSc(Hons)Member of Australian Psychological Society

Dr Mark Craigie is a clinical psychologist working in a private practice in Perth, as well as a co-director of Perth Mindfulness Centre, an organisation that aims to bring the benefits of mindfulness to the broader community and organisations operating in the Western Australia region.

Dr Craigie also works as an external consultant and clinical supervisor to The Marian Centre, a private psychiatric hospital, and holds a position as adjunct research fellow with the School of Psychology at Curtin University as part of the International Collaboration for Workforce Resiliency (ICWR) research project, now renamed as the International Research Consortium for the Promotion of Occupational Resilience (ICPOR).

In his research role, he has been involved in the publication of a number of research papers on how mindfulness can benefit nurses working in stressful environments. As such, a special area of interest has been the broader application of mindfulness to assist individuals working in stressful environments,

and how mindfulness training can be tailored to address both personal as well as organizational needs.

To the present time, Dr Craigie has facilitated more than 35 MBCT group programs for outpatients, has completed meditation and mindfulness training with Eric Harrison, and professional development with some of the lead MBCT trainers in the United Kingdom. He has also played a key role in investigating ways of building resilience in nurses to prevent compassion fatigue and burnout. In this capacity, he has participated in the design and implemented a series of evaluations of a mindfulness-based self-care and resiliency (MSCR) program that targets compassion fatigue in nurses working at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Most, recently he completed a series of MSCR workshops with rural nurses in Roma, Queensland as part of research project being conducted by the University of Southern Queensland. To learn more about Dr Craigie, go to his website: www.drmarkcraigie.com.au, or Perth Mindfulness Centre: www.perthmindfulnesscentre.com.au

Kellie AllenExecutive Coach and Motivational Speaker

As a coach, Kellie seeks to create a sense of open, reflective, supportive exploration with clients. Her techniques respectfully and confidently expand the mind, emotions and performance by supporting clients on their own journey of growth.

Kellie’s personal conviction is working with each individual as an individual without bringing personal bias and or stories to each and every interaction. Working with clients on a personal level without the fancy techniques or elegant coaching models is a priority; instead Kellie relies on habits of mindfulness to accomplish a successful pathway.

Kellie Allen, Coach facilitates the highest level of personalized communications coaching for top executives: Communication coaching and training, for many leaders (both personal and corporate), is the most important skill in their leadership resources. 

A great leader develops skills which their team will use to achieve the goals and creating job satisfaction, retention and profits. Every day,

effective leaders are getting their message across and delivering positive impact to their peers and teams. Effective communication skills begin with single ‘intentional conversations’. 

Understanding how to recognise personality, behavioural cues while observing your own ‘unhelpful stories’ which manifest within the brain will help you better connect with those whom you are communicating with. 

Train the Trainer: In the past 10 years Kellie has delivered the Communication and Patient Safety (CAPS) program (8 hr content) to over 14,000 health care professionals across Australia. The success of this program is based on the presentation style and process and remains one of the most successful and influential communication’s program in Australia. Maintaining an average of 96% Very Good – Excellent ‘Use of Time’. 

Carnarvon Gorge Wilderness Lodge

Registration Form – Sign-up todayPlease complete the form and return to: Central Highlands Healthcare PO Box 1844, Emerald Queensland 4720

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Registration Closes Friday

30 March 2018

The Rural Medical Resilience Retreat will be held at the Carnarvon Gorge Wilderness Lodge. Set among the native trees and unique Macrozamia Palms, the Lodge offers outstanding hospitality and inspirational walks in the Carnarvon National Park.

Accommodation is offered in the shape of safari-style cabins. Comfortable and cool, cabins come with an ensuite bathroom and host of additional facilities. The Lodge itself has a fully licenced, a la carte restaurant, outdoor swimming pool and discovery centre, where you can explore in full the flora and fauna of the area.*The workshop fee including accommodation is $450 (GST inclusive). Central Highlands Healthcare members of staff receive a subsidy. All prices are exclusive of alcohol.

Please note, there is no internet access at the Carnarvon Gorge Wilderness Resort. Low to no technology at the retreat allows time for reflection and rest in between sessions.

WORKSHOP FEE including

accommodation$450 (GST inclusive)*

Other accommodation options• Takarakka Bush Resort & Caravan Park

www.takarakka.com.au• Sandstone Caravan Park

www.sandstonepark.com.au

Direct DepositIf paying via Direct Deposit please use your first initial and surname as reference.

Central Highlands Health CareBank: NABBSB: 084-646ACC: 737012233

The Rural Medical Resilience Retreat is jointly hosted by Emerald Medical Group and Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service.