Member event – DAUK

Book now for free compassion fatigue webinar

Matt Kneale — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:26:02 +0000

Book now for our free webinar on compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue, often referred to as the ‘cost of caring’, is a state of emotional and physical exhaustion resulting from prolonged exposure to the suffering of others. The webinar will be hosted by Jayne Ellis, founder and CEO of EF training, who has experienced compassion fatigue herself. She will talk about it and how to mitigate its effects.

Compassion fatigue webinar

The webinar will be held on Wednesday 25 June from 7.30pm to 8.30pm and is free to DAUK members, and costs £5 for non-members. Click here to sign up to the webinar. It follows our free webinar this week on managing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical conditions, which was hosted by Dr Claire Davies, a GP and accredited coach. Dr Davies works with doctors on managing stress, preventing burnout, and making their careers enjoyable again. Please support our work by contributing to our crowd funder or by becoming a member.

Free webinar for members

Matt Kneale — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:20:48 +0000

DAUK is hosting a FREE webinar for members on managing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical incidents. Adverse incidents in medicine can leave doctors with a range of difficult emotions including feeling anxious and guilty. They can impact the way doctors work and contribute to low satisfaction. Free webinar The webinar takes place on Tuesday 10 June from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. It will be held by Dr Claire Davies, a GP and accredited coach, who works with doctors on managing stress, preventing burnout, and making their careers enjoyable again. Dr Davies is the author of the book First Aid for Doctors with Burnout. She is also a contributor to Pulse, Medscape, and the BMJ. Her talk aims to help doctors understand:

Why they feel the way they do
What we often get wrong in terms of supporting ourselves and others
What really helps
How to offer great and effective support as a colleague.

The webinar is free to DAUK members, and £6.13 to non-members. Book your place here. DAUK is run by volunteer doctors. Please support our work by contributing to our crowd funder or by becoming a member.

Member Event: Mosquitos, Machetes and Magic: Medicine in Papua New Guinea with Dr Beth Lewis

Matt Kneale — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:26:33 +0000

Photo by Bob Brewer on Unsplash
From obstetrics to trauma, infectious diseases to toxicology (and even sorcery!), medicine in Papua New Guinea is never boring!

Sign up here (Members only-please click here once you become a member to access our members only area and eventbrite link)

DAUK is delighted to host an evening with Dr Beth Lewis, an “F12” doctor, working in some of the most remote swamp communities in Papua New Guinea. She took an F3 year out whilst deciding on a future career path and nine years on, believes her speciality is not being a specialist! As the only doctor serving a catchment area of 50,000+ people in remote communities, there is not a week that goes by that she doesn’t encounter something she has never dealt with before.

Dr Beth Lewis also works at Samban Clinic, an NGO supported clinic where her role is primarily teaching, training and upskilling the four local community health workers to better serve people who travel up to two weeks by foot and canoe to access medical services.

We can’t wait to hear about her adventures and work in the clinic, and hope you’ll join us for her talk and Q&A!!

This is a members only event – to become a DAUK member please click the link below and then return to this page to access the event in our members only area

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