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Working with Positive Health supports Doctors’ health and well-being, this is crucial for the (Future) of the Healthcare Workers

FridayJuly 3rd11:30 - 12:30242 A

Karolien VAN DEN BREKEL-DIJKSTRA

The healthcare crisis we are facing today, with increasing pressure on costs and capacity in European healthcare systems, is leading to greater work pressure and rising burnout rates among healthcare workers. With the new SIG for Doctors Health & Well-being there is a need to learn more on ways for healthcare workers to find and maintain their passion for this invaluable work. How can we create a paradigm shift centered on patients and communities, focused on prevention and holistic healthcare models, and what would this mean for the job satisfaction of healthcare workers? How can this be embedded in education of the (young) doctorsLearn how to apply Positive Health for the (young) doctors themselves and in conversations with the patients. Experience with an imagination method how to create a mindset change about the challenges we are facing today, based on the project "the future of the healthcare workers" in a variety of European countries. The participants will experience how to create a shared vision for systemic change together, by roleplaying a variety of actors of the health care system.Explanation of the concept of Positive Health on individual and on collective level. (10 min) Fill in your own spiderweb, watching a video of an example of a Positive Health conversation between doctor and patient and share in groups of 3 about the learnings (15 min) With the backcasting imagination method a new narrative for future healthcare workers will be envisioned in groups of 8-10 (25 min), discussion and take home messages  (10 min)Learn to use the tool of Positive Health. What is important for your own health and awareness and how to use this in conversations in patients. Create a mindset change, not wanting to fix patients problems, but being empowerd by another possible future where healthcare is deeply embedded in communities, fostering a sense of shared ownership and responsibility for health outcomes.Positive Health for yourself, on individual and collective level can support for the health & well being of the (young) doctors and generate new narratives towards more compassionate and resilient healthcare workers.