Resources

AoMRC Pre-Absence Planning Recommended Questions

These are the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' (AoMRC) recommended questions and actions when planning an absence to practice. These have been taken from their Return to Practice Guidance (2017) which should be used during the SuppoRTT Pre-Absence meeting.

AoMRC Pre-Return Planning Recommended Questions

These are the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' (AoMRC) recommended questions and actions when planning a return to practice. These have been taken from their Return to Practice Guidance (2017) which should be used during the SuppoRTT Pre-Return meeting.

Associate Deans Workshop Directory

The HEE (NW) Associate Deans (ADs) are able to provide educational support in the following areas via a range of interventions i.e. workshops, presentations, lectures, etc. Some of these are available on a personal basis; others may be prepared by a Lead AD but delivered via other ADs.

Barbara Fredrickson

Barbara Fredrickson is an America Professor of Psychology at North Carolina. She has written extensively on positive emotions and links with resilience, and worked with Marcel Losado on the Losado ration. She has developed the broaden and build theory of positive emotions.

Barbara's book Positivity looks at

Why positivity is more important than happiness
How it relieves depression, broadens minds, and builds lives
How to tap into your own sources of positivity

BMJ Careers

Click here to find 1000s of Hospital, Medical, GP, and NHS vacancies; plus medical courses, career-related advice and articles.

British Medical Association - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Please click here to access information on the BMA's EDI strategy.

Build Your Own Rainbow: Workbook for Career and Life Management.

Barry Hopson and Mike Scally wrote this book which consists of a number of exercises designed to help you to analyse and develop your personal skills, aptitudes and ambitions. It provides the key to a number of essential career development skills, including: Knowing Yourself; Learning from Experience; Research Skills; Setting Objectives and Making Action Plans; Making Decisions; Looking after Yourself; and, Communicating.

Building Physician Resilience

Published in Canadian Family Physician. 2008 May; 54(5): 722-729

The objective of this study was to explore the dimensions of family physician resilience. The study was carried out in Ontario, Canada and four main aspects of physician resilience were identified:

Career Planning Support During Foundation Years

By Christmas of your Foundation Year 2 you will be applying for your specialty training. So, by that stage you need to know which specialty you wish to enter, plus have a plan B in case your first choice doesn’t work out.

To assist with the career planning process HEE (NW) makes available supporting material & provides access to careers advisers who will work in conjunction with your educational supervisor, clinical tutors and postgrad education centre staff to support you during your Foundation years.

This flyer details what is on offer.

Careers Glossary of Terms

Some of the terms used in career support are understood in various ways; here are the definitions we use in HEE NW Careers.