The Whole Story

Uncertainty Trailer

This trailer for our latest episode introduces Professor Lindsey Pope, who joins Elaine for a chat about Uncertainty and give a brief look at some of the larger areas their discussion covers in the full episode, going live next week. 

 

Professor Lindsey Pope is a GP, Professor of Medical Education and Dean of Internationalisation (MVLS) at the University of Glasgow. 

She is the Director of Community Based Medical Education at the Undergraduate Medical School.   

Lindsey is Associate Postgraduate Dean for Academic Medicine at NHS Education for Scotland and Chairs the Specialty Training Board for General Practice, Public Health and Broad Based Training. 

She is Director of the Scottish School of Primary Care and the Specialty Adviser for General Practice to the CMO for Scotland. She is an elected member of the Medical Schools Council ED&I Alliance Board .    

She is a GMC Education Associate with involvement in regional and school reviews, new school approvals and most recently as a Team Leader for the CPSA component of the new national MLA (Medical Licensing Assessment). 

She is an Examiner for the Royal College of GPs as well as an approved GP trainer and has been involved in teaching and training across the continuum of medical education. 

She has a Doctorate in Health Professions Education and is a member of the Scottish Medical Education Research Consortium (SMERC) Project Board. She is a member of the Scottish Doctors' Wellbeing Study group and sits on the Editorial Board of Virtual Primary Care. She supervises Masters and Doctoral students in Medical Education.   

 

 

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Sustainable Healing

Part 2: Triggered by her own medically unexplained symptoms and a feeling of helplessness when working with patients experiencing the same Kath sought out a new way of consulting. From this emerged a route back to hope for patients, greater fulfilment and energy from work and a model which is gathering momentum both in her practice and in her business. Kath Jones talks about the concept of Sustainable Healing, as a facet of realistic medicine.

 

Resources from this episode:

‘From rescuer to coach’ Doctor’s article  

Wild Ness Health – Prescribing a New Approach to Health Kath’s website 

https://vimeo.com/1065796260 - With thanks to Judith for allowing us to share her experience of the sustainable healing method developed by Kath.  

 

 

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Dr Kath Jones, NHS GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician & Founder of Wild-Ness 

Kath has a background in general practice and academia. She moved to Highland in 2016 to take up a post as an Associate Medical Director. After returning to clinical work in 2019 she struggled with brain fog and a collapse in confidence, prompting her to consider leaving medicine. Rediscovering a love of exercise and learning after a short period of coaching inspired her to re-train as a coach, lifestyle medicine physician and found Wild-Ness Retreats. She combines this venture with work as a GP at the Alness & Invergordon Medical Practice where she integrates western acupuncture and lifestyle medicine into her NHS consultations. Kath is launching a new movement next year called The Sustainable Healer to promote a shift in practice towards sustainable healing which helps patients, practitioners, and the planet. 

 

Dr Elaine Taylor

Elaine is a GP in Lothian. She is an Associate Adviser with NES, as Module Development lead for PBSGL and lead for the Whole Story Podcast series.

Elaine is passionate about professional development and has held roles in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at both local and national levels with the RCGP and NES. She has a decade of experience as lead for Clinical Communication at Glasgow Medical School.

Elaine is an International Coaching Federation globally accredited Coach. She has a Masters in Clinical Education, whose research focus was professional identity development.

 

Sustainable Healing trailer

This is the trailer for part 2 of our Episode with Kath Jones. 

The full episode will be going live here next week. 

 

 

 

Career Journeys

Part 1: There may be times in our career where we feel we are on the wrong path, or when we notice our energy for our role is diminished. This may result in a building sense of disquiet, in mental unrest or physical symptoms. How can we make sense of these feelings and what options might we have for mitigating them and rediscovering our joy for work. In this episode Dr Kath Jones, GP and founder of Wild Ness, talks to us about her career journey, how it changed and developed, how she interleaved an emerging passion, and how she was able to stick with GP.  

 

Dr Kath Jones, NHS GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician & Founder of Wild-Ness 

 

Kath has a background in general practice and academia. She moved to Highland in 2016 to take up a post as an Associate Medical Director. After returning to clinical work in 2019 she struggled with brain fog and a collapse in confidence, prompting her to consider leaving medicine. Rediscovering a love of exercise and learning after a short period of coaching inspired her to re-train as a coach, lifestyle medicine physician and found Wild-Ness Retreats. She combines this venture with work as a GP at the Alness & Invergordon Medical Practice where she integrates western acupuncture and lifestyle medicine into her NHS consultations. Kath is launching a new movement next year called The Sustainable Healer to promote a shift in practice towards sustainable healing which helps patients, practitioners, and the planet.

 

Contact the CPD connect team to request a transcript for the Belonging episode. 

Let us know what you think about our new channel and podcast content by filling out The whole story feedback form.

The information contained in this podcast is current at the point of publication, with no guarantee of future relevance.

The Whole Story podcast is part of NHS Education for Scotland's Podbean site. 

 

Dr Kath Jones, NHS GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician & Founder of Wild-Ness 

Kath has a background in general practice and academia. She moved to Highland in 2016 to take up a post as an Associate Medical Director. After returning to clinical work in 2019 she struggled with brain fog and a collapse in confidence, prompting her to consider leaving medicine. Rediscovering a love of exercise and learning after a short period of coaching inspired her to re-train as a coach, lifestyle medicine physician and found Wild-Ness Retreats. She combines this venture with work as a GP at the Alness & Invergordon Medical Practice where she integrates western acupuncture and lifestyle medicine into her NHS consultations. Kath is launching a new movement next year called The Sustainable Healer to promote a shift in practice towards sustainable healing which helps patients, practitioners, and the planet. 

 

Dr Elaine Taylor

Elaine is a GP in Lothian. She is an Associate Adviser with NES, as Module Development lead for PBSGL and lead for the Whole Story Podcast series.

Elaine is passionate about professional development and has held roles in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at both local and national levels with the RCGP and NES. She has a decade of experience as lead for Clinical Communication at Glasgow Medical School.

Elaine is an International Coaching Federation globally accredited Coach. She has a Masters in Clinical Education, whose research focus was professional identity development.

 

Career Journeys part 1 Trailer

We are thrilled to share the trailer for our first episode of The Whole Story, Season 2.

 

This conversation, Career Journeys, with Dr Kath Jones, GP, lifestyle Medicine physician and founder of Wild-ness has been split into two parts.

In part one we explore Kath's career journey, her experience of medically unexplained symptoms and burnout and how these began to change her thinking about life and work.

 

Full pt1 episode going live next week. 

 

Season 2 Trailer

We're delighted to announce Season 2 is coming very soon. 
Here's a reminder of what The Whole Story is about. 

 

 

Belonging

Our guests for this episode are Dr Kieran Dinwoodie and Margaret Webb.  Kieran is a GP Partner and Trainer in Lanarkshire and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Margaret is a Psychotherapist, using the lens of Transactional Analysis in her work.

 

In this episode Kieran, Margaret and Elaine consider the impact of belonging on the individual and the team, discussing:

• What do we mean when we use the term “belonging”? What does it feel like to belong?
• Where are we in belonging? How ready are we to belong?
• How open are others to us belonging?
• What are the people barriers and organisational barriers to belonging?
• What does it feel like or look like to “not belong”?
• What can we do when nothing is being done to address a lack of belonging in the workplace?
• Are there any strategies to aid belonging?

And lots, lots more!

 

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Margaret Webb

Margaret taught Physics and Mathematics for 20 years, including 9 years in a school for young people with special educational needs. During the latter years of her teaching career she trained in counselling and psychotherapy  and in 2004 joined the Primary Care Mental Health Team in East Dunbartonshire where she worked for 8 years.

Margaret taught Physics and Mathematics for 20 years, including 9 years in a school for young people with special educational needs. During the latter years of her teaching career she trained in counselling and psychotherapy  and in 2004 joined the Primary Care Mental Health Team in East Dunbartonshire where she worked for 8 years.

She has been a visiting tutor at the Physis Training Institute in Edinburgh and now runs a private practice in Glasgow offering psychotherapy, supervision and training.

 

Dr Kieran Dinwoodie

Kieran is a GP Partner and Trainer working in Lanarkshire. He is GP advisor for chronic pain working with the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, NHS Scotland. He is interested in sustainable general practice through exploring ways to be happier at work and to deliver safe, effective patient care.

 

Dr Elaine Taylor

Elaine is a GP in Lothian. She is an Associate Adviser with NES, as Module Development lead for PBSGL and lead for the Whole Story Podcast series.

Elaine is passionate about professional development and has held roles in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at both local and national levels with the RCGP and NES. She has a decade of experience as lead for Clinical Communication at Glasgow Medical School.

Elaine is an International Coaching Federation globally accredited Coach. She has a Masters in Clinical Education, whose research focus was professional identity development.

 

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

GMC Good Medical Practice – most recent version includes statements about positive culture and respect for colleagues. Published in jan 2024

Civility Saves Lives website

A Promise to learn – a commitment to act. Don Berwick review 2013 – “Make sure pride and joy in work, not fear, infuse the NHS”  

Dare to Lead. Brene Brown - “clear is kind”

The Kings Fund: Compassionate Leadership

https://www.gov.scot/publications/everyone-matters-2020-workforce-vision/ - everyone matters

 

“Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves: Parenting Our Children.”

Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson.

 (ISBN   1-56838-190-5)

 

“Achieving Emotional Literacy”

Claude Steiner, Paul Perry

(IBSN -13 978-0747541356)

 

“Born to Win”

Muriel James and Dorothy Jongeward

(IBSN    0-201-59044-1)

 

The Pain of Exclusion, Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-pain-of-exclusion/

 

The Value of Belonging at Work

https://hbr.org/2019/12/the-value-of-belonging-at-work

 

The Benefits of Laughing in the Office

https://hbr.org/2018/11/the-benefits-of-laughing-in-the-office

 

5 minute Team Building Activities and Icebreakers for Any Workplace

https://www.coffeepals.com/blog/5-minute-team-building-activities-and-icebreakers-for-any-workplace

 

61 Ice Breaker Games (That your Team Won’t Find Cheesy) SessionLAB

https://www.sessionlab.com/blog/icebreaker-games/

 

35 Icebreakers Perfect for Virtual and Hybrid Meetings - Slido Blog

https://blog.slido.com/virtual-icebreakers/

 

 

Belonging Teaser

We are delighted to announce the release of the next episode of the The Whole Story: Belonging 

This podcast shares wisdom and insights on a range of topics to help people working in Primary Care expand their thinking, be happier at work, and deliver great care.  

Our guests for this episode are Dr Kieran Dinwoodie and Margaret Webb. Kieran is a GP Partner and Trainer in Lanarkshire and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Margaret is a Psychotherapist, using the lens of Transactional Analysis in her work.  

 

In this episode Kieran, Margaret and Elaine consider the impact of belonging on the individual and the team, discussing: 

• What do we mean when we use the term “belonging”? What does it feel like to belong? 

• Where are we in belonging? How ready are we to belong? 

• How open are others to us belonging? 

• What are the people barriers and organisational barriers to belonging? 

• What does it feel like or look like to “not belong”? 

• What can we do when nothing is being done to address a lack of belonging in the workplace? 

• Are there any strategies to aid belonging? 

And lots, lots more! 

 

Contact the CPD connect team to request a transcript for the Coaching conversations episode. 

The information contained in this podcast is current at the point of publication, with no guarantee of future relevance.

 

Look out for the episode going live on PODBEAN next week 

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