Wellness Committee CAI
The CAI Wellness Committee is dedicated to supporting practices that encourage the wellbeing and health of anaesthesiologists, while also supporting the development of resilience and addressing the increasing rates of burnout in our specialty.
- Dr Therese O’Connor – Committee Chair
- Prof Camillus Power
- Dr Suzanne Cronly
- Dr Brian McClokey
- Dr David Mannion
- Dr Sinead Farrell
- Dr Aisling Hickey
- Prof Donal Buggy
- Prof Crina Burlacu
- Dr Jai Parkash
- Dr Caroline Brogan
- Dr Jenny Wilson O’Raghallaigh
- Mr Martin McCormack
- Ms Margaret Jenkinson
The CAI Wellness Committee was set up in 2021 with the following purposes:
- To systematically identify programmes and best practices which may be relevant and accessible to the CAI Staff and professional community.
- To identify and engage with external experts and other organisations, including medical training bodies, with a view to developing synergies and collaborating on meaningful wellness initiatives.
- To engage directly with trainees on the national anaesthesia training programme and other trainees in Ireland to elicit their views and priorities relating to promoting wellness.
- To engage directly with independent practitioners of anaesthesiology, critical care medicine and pain medicine in Ireland and elsewhere to elicit their views and priorities relating to promoting wellness.
- To develop a strategy and implementation plan for the promotion and maintenance of health and wellness amongst the CAI community.
Some of the activities of the WC to date have included:
- A formal wellness curriculum has been developed for the CAI, addressing resilience, burnout, second victim syndrome, positive psychology and other relevant topics.
- The Wellness Committee supports the role of reflection and reflective practice in the training, maintenance of professional competence and professional life of doctors.
- Specific supports and education regarding physical and psychological health and wellness in the workplace is promoted.
- The identification of practical tools for measurement of wellness at individual, departmental and community levels.
- The promotion of a positive culture within departments, hospitals and other environments in which members of the CAI community are professionally active.
- The embedding of activities which promote and maintain wellness within the CAI Professional Competence Scheme, and their recognition for PCS points.
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Forum Wellness Standards
The CAI Wellness Committee recognises the importance of supporting our trainees, and indeed all anaesthetic colleagues, in the areas of stress management, prevention of burnout and supporting resilience. We recognise also the importance of the contribution of the environment in which we work on our emotional needs and our mental health. We therefore enthusiastically support, along with the CAI College Council, the implementation of these standards into our workplaces.
We are developing a “Forum Wellness Standards – Implementation Audit” that will assess the standards, as described, in all of our training sites. We look forward to presenting the results of this audit at the College Annual Congress 2025.
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