Health Professional Wellbeing

Predisposing Activity

Do self test re personal stress GHQ 12/ K10 prior to attending

General reading material on meditation, stress

Structured Learning Activity

Didactic Session-30 mins, Lecture Theatre

lecture on Stress, Wellbeing and Evidence Based Meditation

How to use the K10/GHQ 12 to systematically screen for those

at psychological risk in your practice

Interactive Practical Session 1-60 minutes, Lecture Theatre

Large group meditation, Basic Guided Meditation technique

followed by question and answer session

Interactive Workshops -75 mins, Workshop room

Smaller groups, supervised by instructors, maximum 25 per group,

Basic Meditation Technique, setting up a meditation space at home

and in daily routine, how to use guided meditation CD and

support materials

break-30 mins

opportunity to discuss amongst colleagues and ask instructors

specific questions

Interactive workshop 3- 75 mins, Workshop room

Smaller groups, supervised by instructors, maximum

20 per group, Advanced Meditation Technique, how to use the daily

practice diary, meditative experience questionnaire

Question and answer session-30 min’s

Home Practice-approx 7.5 hours

10-20 minutes 2x per day, using diary cards to self report

practice, using CD

Participant needs to self report meditative experience on

daily diary, ie a self-interactive task

Essential to familiarize with the experience and develop

competency

Instructors available by phone for any questions feedback

during the process

Reinforcing Activity

Redo stress test GHQ 12, practice and experience diary,

send to assessors

Apply GHQ12/K10 to 1 colleague or patient, send to assessors

Assessors will calculate pre/post score, to estimate effect of 2

weeks of daily meditation, GP notified along with certificate

of completion