Don't fence me in…
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Waterfront Room 2
| Thursday, October 24, 2024 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM |
| Waterfront Room 2 |
Details
Stream: BUILD UP RESILIENCE: Strategies for Building Thriving Rural Communities
Speaker
Dr Sarah Chalmers
Immediate Past President and SLO
ACRRM
Don’t fence me in….
Abstract Overview
To support the growth respectful workplaces this workshop aims assist in understanding, establishing and maintaining personal and professional boundaries. Along with acknowledging and respecting boundaries set by others.
The session will cover multiple different approaches to managing "threats" to maintaining a respectful workplace.
The respectful workplaces committee will utilise current literature, case studies and a panel of FACRRM peers to look at ways to make change, in order for us all to feel safe and appreciated in our workplace.
The session will cover multiple different approaches to managing "threats" to maintaining a respectful workplace.
The respectful workplaces committee will utilise current literature, case studies and a panel of FACRRM peers to look at ways to make change, in order for us all to feel safe and appreciated in our workplace.
The session will cover multiple different approaches to managing incursions beyond boundaries to maintaining a respectful workplace.
The respectful workplaces committee will utilise current literature, case studies and a panel of FACRRM peers to look at ways to make change, in order for us all to feel safe and respected in our workplace.
The session will cover multiple different approaches to managing "threats" to maintaining a respectful workplace.
The respectful workplaces committee will utilise current literature, case studies and a panel of FACRRM peers to look at ways to make change, in order for us all to feel safe and appreciated in our workplace.
The session will cover multiple different approaches to managing "threats" to maintaining a respectful workplace.
The respectful workplaces committee will utilise current literature, case studies and a panel of FACRRM peers to look at ways to make change, in order for us all to feel safe and appreciated in our workplace.
The session will cover multiple different approaches to managing incursions beyond boundaries to maintaining a respectful workplace.
The respectful workplaces committee will utilise current literature, case studies and a panel of FACRRM peers to look at ways to make change, in order for us all to feel safe and respected in our workplace.
Biography
Dr Sarah Chalmers is a Rural Generalist and Medical Superintendent at the Joyce Palmer Health Service on Palm Island. Her Advanced Skills Training (AST) is in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. She is the Immediate Past President of ACRRM, and a board director of RDAA. Sarah is the Chair of ACRRMs Respectful Workplaces Committee, and a member of RDAA's Female Doctors Group. Her clinical and education expertise in remote health was developed over 15 years of living and working in East Arnhem land in the Northern Territory. She has held Academic positions with Flinders University, and more recently with James Cook University. Her clinical interests include remote practice, occupational health, mental wellness and First Nations healthcare. She has also worked at local, national and international level as a Rugby Union match doctor. In her spare time, Sarah has a tolerant family - husband Vola and 2 rowdy daughters.
Dr Sarah Lesperance
Society Of Rural Physicians Of Canada
Co-presenter
Biography
Dr. Sarah Lespérance is a rural generalist who currently divides her clinical practice between rural Nova Scotia and remote communities in the Canadian Arctic (mainly Nunavut). She is the Immediate Past President of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, and has held several site medical education leadership positions at Dalhousie and Memorial Universities, where she is actively involved in teaching medical students and family medicine residents. Her research interests include rural physician wellness and resilience, latent tuberculosis treatment in Nunavut, development of a competency-based curriculum for rural operative delivery, and factors impacting womens' choice of maternity care provider. She has held multiple leadership and advocacy roles, and has spoken at provincial, national and international forums on issues related to rural health equity, training and education, and rural maternity care services. Sarah and her partner Fraser have two children, and when she is not working, she can be found long-distance running, organizing local highland dance competitions, or heading out with her family hiking, cross-country skiing, camping, or whitewater canoeing.
