Comments on: Group support for doctors?

By: Susan Kersley

Susan Kersley — Sat, 07 May 2011 09:37:11 +0000

What would work best as a way to support a some doctors as a small group:
a group meeting on a telephone conference line?
on Skype?
forum format on-line?
set times when it’s Ok to call and speak on the phone?

By: Jude Casson

Jude Casson — Sat, 07 May 2011 08:02:50 +0000

I do feel that as doctors we often neglect to deal with the emotional fallout from dealing with people in distress of one sort and another. We often take a lot of difficult emotions home without being fully aware, and this has a negative impact on our lives. Chances to share how we feel are often fleeting and not enough – I would be very interested in a group to give a fresh perspective on how to deal with the stresses and strains.

By: clive morgan

clive morgan — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:44:02 +0000

What a good idea. You have of ocurse piloted this before and it worked well on a one off basis but would be much better on an ongoing basis. Is is possible to trial this ? An online or telephone system offers something different from an on line community. Please do count me in ! Gd wishes Clive

By: Susan Kersley

Susan Kersley — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:43:49 +0000

Good idea. There are already some on line forums (?fora?) such as: doc2doc http://doc2doc.bmj.com/" and <a href="http://www.doctors.net.uk/" How about a group meeting on the telephone conference call? Contact me if you would like me to arrange it.

By: j@mosborne.gotadsl.co.uk

j@mosborne.gotadsl.co.uk — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:37:13 +0000

a group for doctors to offer mutual support through change would be useful I feel.
online forum? (assuming that people live in different places round the country)