Central Birmingham Section: Practical strategies for building resilience and maintaining well-being in dentistry

What to expect

Join Anne Dooley for an insightful lecture exploring practical strategies to strengthen resilience and wellbeing in dentistry.

During the session, Dr Dooley will guide you on how to manage stress, set healthy boundaries, and create a personalised plan for work–life balance. The lecture will help dental professionals understand how wellbeing drives professional effectiveness, team collaboration, and quality patient care, ensuring sustainable performance in demanding environments.

Timings

18:30 Registration and networking 

19:00 Lecture - Anne Dooley

20:00 Meal and networking

21:00 Close

Learning objective

• Apply practical resilience and wellbeing strategies to everyday professional challenges
• Develop a personalised plan to enhance work–life balance, set healthy boundaries, and protect personal wellbeing
• Demonstrate an understanding of how improved wellbeing supports professional effectiveness, team performance, and high-quality patient care.

Development outcome

A, B, C and D

Meet the speaker

Dr. Dooley is an award-winning speaker, certified executive coach, and medical doctor with over two decades of experience in the NHS. She is the author of Rise to Excellence, a practical A-Z handbook for high achievers seeking to unlock their potential. With a background in biochemistry and medicine, Dr. Dooley has held postgraduate qualifications across general practice, women’s health, surgery, dermatology, and paediatrics. She has also earned a Fellowship in Education and has taught at the University of Manchester and the University of Liverpool, mentoring the next generation of doctors and shaping future medical leaders.

Dr. Dooley has supported patients through some of life’s most challenging experiences, delivered medical care to refugees on international missions, and shared her expertise with the public as a radio guest. Drawing on these experiences, she inspires professionals to embrace challenges, cultivate resilience, and achieve personal and professional excellence. Outside of medicine, Dr. Dooley is a beekeeper, outdoor enthusiast, and a qualified yoga, pranayama, and meditation teacher, bringing a holistic approach to wellbeing that balances high performance with personal fulfillment.