North Northumberland Trainers Group

Hopes and fears

 September 2001 

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HELPFUL GROUP BEHAVIOUR:
  • Focus / Preparation
  • Peer support
  • Regular meetings
  • Good leadership ? ? (facilitative)
  • Safety
  • Keen to come ? Inspiration / Fun
  • Disinhibited / Non-threatening / Trust
  • Non-judgemental
  • Value of members
  • Group dynamics

 

FEARS:
  • Left behind
  • Theoretical
  • High-powered group ? (already formed)
  • Unable to use skills learnt
  • ? Able to use others experience
  • Difficult GPR
  • Not the trainer I would like to be
  • Time ? ?
  • Unfocused
  • Sabotaged by old fogies
  • Outside pressures ? (practice and family)
  • Burn-out / Had enough
  • Stagnation
  • GPs agenda different

 

HOPES:
  • Entertainment ? :)
  • Stimulation
  • Regular peer support ? ? ? ? ?
  • Training evolves --> development
  • Work well together
  • Experience is helpful
  • Desire to improve
  • Increasing confidence ? / GPR’s Professional Development / Competence
  • Improve effectiveness
  • Practical hints ?
  • Make friends
  • Sharpen tools
  • Re-invigorating

 

HELPFUL HINTS:
  • Never take holidays coinciding with the Registrar (miss 6 weeks training)
  • Everything can be a learning experience – just think of how
  • Experience is the ability to make the same mistakes with increasing confidence
  • Nothing is that much of a disaster
  • Mistakes are learning experiences (honestly)
  • Someone in the group has done it or seen it before
  • Don’t panic

 


Brad Cheek: December 28, 2006