Take a Break
Taking a break is considered as professional and responsible behaviour and an important part of your time management. A rest period enhances your work and educational experience and is likely to improve your efficiency and patient care. Not taking your break may have a significant impact on your department, our whole organisation and also the service you and NHS Grampian is able to provide our patients.
The Benefits of Taking a Break:
- Breaks boost creativity
- Breaks can refresh your attention span and sustain concentration
- Breaks can lower your body mass index
- Breaks reduce the risk of on-the-job accidents
- Breaks can aid the prevention of eye strain
- Breaks lower stress
Dr Clare Bostock, Consultant GeriatricianI, recorded a podcast with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
In this 19 minute podcast takes a look at managing work life balances, guilt, clinical leadership, hyperdoing, and also touches on whether or not we should expect a "thank you", and the importance of thanking our teams.