The ASA Wellbeing Advocates Committee is hosting a session to kick off peer support for facilitators and seekers, either in a 1:1 or small group setting where both facilitator and seeker have similar goals in peer support.

During this event, you’ll have ample opportunities to share your experiences, receive support and/or gain practical skills on how to facilitate peer support.

So, whether you’re here to seek support or to learn how to facilitate peer support, we welcome you to our Peer Support Session and take the first step towards finding the support and connection that you need in the ASA Peer Support Network & Practice Group.

DATE: Wednesday 7 June 2023

TIME:  7:30pm–8:30pm AEST via Zoom

Hosts

Dr Lan-Hoa Lê, ASA Wellbeing Advocates Committee Chair, ASA NSW State Committee Immediate Past Chair

Dr Lan-Hoa Le is an ASA peer support facilitator trained by Hand N Hand Psychiatrists. She is a SIBA qualified train-the-trainer for mindfulness practice, and is the Mindfulness, a Self-Care Strategy Project Lead for ASA members. Dr Le has special interest in leadership and well-being for safety in healthcare. She is a strong advocate for implementation of a wellness checklist in systems for HCW. She obtained her medical degree at UNSW in 1997, FANZCA in 2005 and since has been a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Central Coast, NSW.

Dr Janette Wright, ASA Wellbeing Advocates Committee Peer Support Project Lead, ASA Public Practice Advisory Committee Chair

Dr Janette Wright is also an ASA peer support facilitator trained by Hand N Hand Psychiatrists.

Dr Wright graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1996 then spent the next nine years in England training in Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. She obtained a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from Liverpool University whilst in England and used this knowledge to work on two occasions in Africa. She was awarded her Fellowship in Anaesthesia from the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2005.

Janette moved back to Melbourne is 2006 and completed her Australian anaesthetic training in a variety of hospitals, finishing her training at Royal Melbourne Hospital where she has stayed on as a Consultant Anaesthetist from 2011. Janette has special interests in trauma, peri-operative medicine (recently awarded a Masters in Perioperative Medicine, Monash University) and the welfare of anaesthetists. She is an Advanced Life Support Instructor as well as Co-Convenor of the CRASH course which is a return to work simulation course for critical care doctors. She is a Supervisor of Training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Registration fee

This event is complimentary for ASA members.

All registrants will be required to sign a participant’s confidentiality agreement form.

CPD

The time taken for this event is eligible as a CPD Knowledge and Skills activity.

For further information on this or other ASA events, please contact the ASA Education and Events Department at events@asa.org.au.