Resilience, avoiding burnout, and team work in primary care - David Kuhl

Professor David Kuhl talks about resilience and team work in primary care. David is a Professor in the Departments of Family Practice and Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.

Topics

All of us are 'limited resources'
Keeping resilient
Work resilience, and relationships in the workplace
Team cohesion, don't just 'focus on the task'
Team scapegoats within dysfunctional teams
Using mediation/facilitation

Take home messages

We are all limited resources and we need to 'manage' how we allocate ourselves.
Key foundations of resilience are sleep, exercise, diet, social contact: sleep 7-9 hrs per 24 hour period diet exercise - 30 min per day to prevent mental and physical illness, important social connections - in and outside of family.
Pride in who we are as a group (healthcare teams) is important.
Team cohesion includes: trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, results.