Welcome to your Gathering of Kindness 2021
A week of outstanding online events and guest speakers!
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Free resources - A Time for Community
Along with our Online Sessions, take a look at A Time for Community, our free online resources: gatheringofkindness.org/our2021resources.
Featuring videos, resources, music and other creative offerings to enjoy during kindness week and beyond!
Take the Gathering of Kindness Diversity Atlas survey
This year we’ve teamed up with Cultural Infusion. We’re inviting our Gathering of Kindness community to take this three minute survey to help us understand the diversity within our Community.
Cultural Infusion’s vision is to create a world that is culturally harmonious. Diversity Atlas is a cultural diversity data-mapping platform that reveals and celebrates the richness of diversity that exists, acting as a catalyst for transformational changes in equality and inclusion.
Their work with Healthwest Group has shown that when healthcare workers better understand and represent the communities they serve, there are shorter hospital stays and better health outcomes.
For more details, visit www.diversityatlas.com.au and email support@diversityatlas.com.au for further enquiries
Proudly supported by
Gold Partner
St Vincent’s Health Australia
Community Partners
Central Gippsland Health
Albury Wodonga Health
Central Highlands Rural Health
Department of Health, Victoria
Latrobe Regional Hospital
Eastern Health
Monash Health
Northern Territory Health
NSW Health
North Metropolitan
Health Services WA
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA)
Safer Care Victoria
Southern NSW Health
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
The Royal Women's Hospital
Friends of Hush
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Sessions
INTERNATIONAL GRAND ROUND: KINDNESS ACROSS THE WORLD
8AM - 9AM AEDT TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2021
This session brings together experts in Kindness from across the globe, talking about their restorative and important work. Panel is followed by a live Q&A.
Dr Bob Klaber
Consultant Paediatrician and Director of Strategy, Research and Innovation, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London; founder of A Conversation for Kindness in Health and Care
Suzie Bailey
Director of Leadership and Organisational Development, The King's Fund, London
Sue Robins
Author and Patient Storyteller, Canada
Professor Michael West CBE
(Facilitator)
Visiting Senior Fellow, Leadership and Organisational Development, The King's Fund; Author, Compassionate Leadership.
9:30AM - 10:30AM AEDT TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2021
WELLBEING ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION: THE SELF-CARE CONUNDRUM
Do you find self-care challenging, confusing or complex? You’re not alone. Many find it difficult to put themselves first. In this roundtable conversation, our guest speakers tackle the self-care conundrum that many in health and aged care face. Panel is followed by a live Q&A.
Content notice: This session makes references to mental health challenges (including attempted suicide) and other topics which some viewers may find confronting and difficult. Viewer discretion is advised.
For support, you can contact lifeline on 13 11 14 (Australia), or reach out to the public service options available in your local area. You can also speak to your organisations for all the the support options they have available.
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM
Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc)
Dr Kieran Allen
Psychiatry Registrar Monash Health, Melbourne; Founding Executive Member, Hand-n-Hand Peer Support
Dr Lorraine Dickey
Founder and CEO of the Narrative Initiative LLC, and Gathering of Kindness USA.
Sharee Johnson
(Facilitator)
Psychologist and Executive Coach; Owner, Coaching for Doctors.
10:30AM - 11:30AM AEDT WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2021
THE KINDNESS REVOLUTION: AN INTERVIEW WITH BESTSELLING AUTHOR, HUGH MACKAY
Social psychologist, researcher, and bestselling author Hugh Mackay shares with us reflections on his latest book, The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism. Interview is followed by a live Q&A.
Hugh Mackay AO FAPS
Social Psychologist, Researcher and Author, The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism
Professor Catherine Crock AM
Chair of the Hush Foundation; Physician, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.
3:30PM - 4:30PM AEDT THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2021
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT US: A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE
A panel of vibrant and vital perspectives in healthcare, discussing the difficulties faced by doctors-in-training and medical students, and opportunities for change. Panel is followed by a live Q&A
Content Notice:
This session makes references to mental health challenges, bullying and other topics which some viewers may find confronting and difficult. Viewer discretion is advised.
For support, you can contact lifeline on 13 11 14 (Australia), or reach out to the public service options available in your local area. You can also speak to your organisations for all the the support options they have available.
Dr Benjamin Veness
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Registrar, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Sophie Keen
Outgoing President, Australian Medical Students' Association
Dr Caitlin Weston
Non-Executive Director, Doctors Health Service Pty Ltd; GP Registrar, GP Synergy.
Dr Eric Levi
(Facilitator)
Dr Eric Levi
Specialist Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon,
St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.
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