Lincolnshire Section: Compassionate team leadership in dentistry

What to expect

Being ‘compassionate’ would appear to be a fundamental requirement and ingrained in the practice, for all those working in healthcare. However, such an assumption is open to significant challenge, based on a view that few healthcare workers have an effective operational definition of compassion.

This session will provide a model of compassion and discuss the opportunities and challenges that present themselves when we work towards being a compassionate worker and leader. This debate will focus on the importance of team working in creating, and maintaining, effective compassionate organisations/practices, using a whole systems approach

This lecture is open and relevant to the whole dental team.

Timings

18:30 Registration and refreshments

19:00 Lecture - Ian McGonagle

20:30 End of lecture and meal

22:00 Finish

Learning objectives

• Obtain an understanding of an evolutionary model of compassion and its application in the creation of effective teamworking
• Consider the opportunities and challenges associated with compassionate leadership behaviours in effective teamworking
• Identify the role of personal/professional values in leadership for effective teamworking and the link to compassionate practice.

Development outcomes

B and D

Meet the speaker

Ian McGonagle is a registered Mental Health Nurse now semi-retired from academic and clinical practice. Most recently he was an Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln and still holds a position as an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow. He has a long history of working clinically in education and research and has published widely in his research areas of interest. Prior to joining the University of Lincoln, Ian managed a number of national programmes around mental health for the Department of Health’s 'New Ways of Working' programme and has contributed significantly to health policy and legal developments in both England and Wales. Most recently, he has completed his book ‘An introduction to compassion in healthcare practice’ published by Wiley/Blackwell.