Real Clinicians Real Chats

Exploring the self asked question, "do I have enough skills to manage some of my patients?"

Kit and Alex discuss the question and common thought we have as clinicians “do we have enough skills to assess and manage some of our patients?” Themes that emerge include: The practitioner’s experience of feeling a lack of worth in session and how this influences our interactions. How thoughts questioning our worth and knowledge can reduce staying in the present when treating, the value of being grounding ourselves and being present in a session, how we might employ this skill and the benefit it has when we are experiencing these feelings and emotions. The seduction of trying to solve our feelings around our lack of knowledge with more knowledge seeking, instead of dealing with how we can improve our own concept of self worth. How we as practitioners might be reinforcing our clients disconnection and distance from their symptoms and problems by disconnecting from our own experiences around our knowledge, skills and worth. The challenge of being present as a clinician and paying attention to our own embodied experience, and resisting overanalysing whilst still problem solving, providing a plan, and educating the patient when needed  Kit shares how she and Shelley Barlow held a workshop last year with a small group of health professionals exploring the practitioner experience within a novel learning container. Alex and Kit reflect on our own personal experiences, our own knowledge and concept of self-worth and what thoughts and feelings came up for each of us during our chat. You can follow us: @realcliniciansrealchats on Facebook and Instagram You can follow Alex: @therehabpodiatrist on Facebook, Instagram  @therehabpod on Twitter www.therehabpodiatrist.com You can follow Kit: @wisephysiotherapy on Facebook and Instagram www.wisephysiotherapy.com.au Special thanks to Clariloops for our theme music.

Exploring the idea of “success” through a reflection of 2023

In true Real Clinician Real Chat styles, Alex and Kit reflect on the year in episode 13, drawing on their 2023 intention to cultivate a space for emergent discussions.  Alex introduces the concept of success and they explore what that looks and feels like, given they both navigated big professional changes during the year as sole practitioner businesses.  The discussion includes themes such as: - navigating change and the value of experiential learning  - success beyond an outcome - as a feeling / a way of being / a sense of self  - success in the present moment, not just in the past and the future  - the value of trust within ourselves and cultivating trust within our clients as a form of success  - the value of honesty with ourselves to develop clarity  - embodied qualities to develop our wise adult part - intentionality and the role it can play to support a process You can follow us: @realcliniciansrealchats on Facebook and Instagram You can follow Alex: @therehabpodiatrist on Facebook, Instagram  @therehabpod on Twitter www.therehabpodiatrist.com You can follow Kit: @wisephysiotherapy on Facebook and Instagram www.wisephysiotherapy.com.au Special thanks to Clariloops for our theme music.

Connecting with colleagues as health practitioners with John Contreras

This episode, Kit and Alex are joined by John Contreras, a Melbourne based physiotherapist who has been working in the field for over 20 years.  John, as well as working as a patient centered clinician, has been busy cultivating a social club for allied health practitioners to connect and have discussions about topics other than anatomy and differential diagnoses. He is passionate about creating space where practitioners can be nourished and treated as an equal, and where learning can look and feel different.  In this episode, emerging themes explore: - social connection as a resource  - sitting with uncertainty  - failure in healthcare  - mentoring / supporting younger clinicians  It was a pleasure to have John in for a chat, where his experience and warm wisdom, along with his vulnerability, make for lovely listening. You can follow us: @realcliniciansrealchats on Facebook and Instagram You can follow Alex: @therehabpodiatrist on Facebook, Instagram  @therehabpod on Twitter www.therehabpodiatrist.com You can follow Kit: @wisephysiotherapy on Facebook and Instagram www.wisephysiotherapy.com.au Special thanks to Clariloops for our theme music.

We are not feeling good … so let’s talk about it. Discussing how we show up in clinic when our capacity is low.

Alex and Kit both show up to episode 11 somewhat tired, flat, and irritable, yet instead of delaying the podcast for another day, they decide to explore what is currently present for each of them, allowing the emergent dialogue itself to be a nourishing experience.  We are becoming more aware of the research that shows our experiences as practitioners providing care influences the intersubjective space.  This means how we show up and our intentionality impacts the contextual factors of care.  By exploring our own experiences we can step towards humanising each other, and making space for our whole selves. You can follow us: @realcliniciansrealchats on Facebook and Instagram You can follow Alex: @therehabpodiatrist on Facebook, Instagram  @therehabpod on Twitter www.therehabpodiatrist.com You can follow Kit: @wisephysiotherapy on Facebook and Instagram www.wisephysiotherapy.com.au Special thanks to Clariloops for our theme music.

Real Clinician Emily - New graduate year and deepening our conversational learning as nourishing reflective practice

This episode we welcome our second guest into our podcast home, Emily McIver. Em is a new graduate physiotherapist who is currently working in private practice on the Sunshine Coast after finishing study in Melbourne last year.  We explore reflective practice, in particular creating space for ourselves to learn that nourish us and differ from the learning environments at university. Em shares her insights around how she has resourced herself to cope with the inherent challenges of being a new graduate in the current healthcare climate. Themes emerge around cultivating her personhood, holding uncertainty and feelings oof inadequacy, the value of mentors that lower expectations and reassure, and how the process of evolving as a clinician takes time, support, and slowing down.  Em strongly advocates for more conversational learning in environments where curiosity and nonjudgement are centred - and Alex and I couldn’t agree more! This episode is a beauty for any new graduates out there feeling alone or isolated. You can follow us: @realcliniciansrealchats on Facebook and Instagram You can follow Alex: @therehabpodiatrist on Facebook, Instagram  @therehabpod on Twitter www.therehabpodiatrist.com You can follow Kit: @wisephysiotherapy on Facebook and Instagram www.wisephysiotherapy.com.au Special thanks to Clariloops for our theme music.