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The Power of Self-compassion

In this video, we explore Kristin Neff and Chris Germer’s work on self-compassion with tools for practice. This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. You can view the video …

Self-compassion: Caring for Ourselves

In this video, Dorothy Armstrong looks at the importance of caring for yourself in the context of caring for your patients, relatives and colleagues. She discusses theory and offers practical …

Meeting Emotions Podcast

In this podcast, Graham Nimmo and Dorothy Armstrong discuss dealing with feedback, criticism, complaints, and managing emotions. Listen to ‘Don’t Take It Personally’ on SoundCloud

‘Japanese Bowl’ Song by Peter Mayer

A song to help you to relax. This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. You can view the video in full-screen mode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qOAzobTIGr8

Meeting Emotions: Sharing Our Fear

“If you resist it persists” We will discuss the importance of acknowledging and sharing our emotions as part of the rollercoaster of life.

Dr Rick Hanson: Hardwiring Happiness

This TED talk describes the neuropsychology of negativity bias using the HEAL model to experience and savour our good experiences. This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. You can …

The Five Side-effects of Kindness

Dr David R. Hamilton reveals the five unexpected (and beneficial!) side-effects of being kind to others. This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. You can view the video in …

Amygdala Hijack Explained

Building on our knowledge of the fight/flight response, this video describes how fear can impact on our ability to think and then outlines tools and tips to be more self-aware …

Three Elements

This video provides an outline of the three elements of self-care and staff well-being: Amygdala Hijack: Understanding our Fear Meeting Emotions: Sharing Our Fear Self-Compassion and Self-Care

Thinking of Others

“One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity: the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” Francis W. Peabody, Harvard …

Introduction to Caring Human Factors

‘Human factors’ is a term widely used in high performance industries, sport, aviation, psychology and, more recently, in healthcare. Depending on your context, your experience and your learning, the meaning …

Textbooks

You can access the following Elsevier textbooks using the eLibrary login details provided: Username: futurelearn Password: 3ls3vi3r20 Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care You can …

SARI Critical Care Training

These lectures provide information on: Pathophysiology of Sepsis and ARDS Invasive Mechanical Ventilation for ARDS. Deliver lung protective ventilation. Sepsis and septic shock. Deliver targeted resuscitation. Select the documents in …