As discussed in last week’s blog post, Understanding Emotional Distress among Oncology Providers, there are significant behavioral, psychological, and physical health-related effects of working in a highly stressful work environment. Fortunately, there are a variety of ways to buffer the effects of stress and burnout. The good news is that, by reading this blog series, […]
Here at the SIOP blog this month, we wanted to continue to focus on the mental health of care providers. In doing so we hope to ultimately provide resources to both recognize emotional distress in our colleagues and ourselves, as well as provide coping techniques. Below is an excerpt from from an anonymous medical professional […]
Hi Everyone! My name is Gemma, I’m a researcher in Paediatric Palliative Care and a SIOP YI Board member. As part of our mental health month, today I am posting on behalf of my colleague Dr Ellen M Henderson, who shares her experience of working on a longitudinal study of decision making with children with brain tumours.
My name is Rene Marke, I am a 4th year PhD student and board member of the SIOP-YI network. I would like to welcome you to the SIOP YI Mental Health month.
SIOP is grateful to Dr. Gemma Bryan who has recently completed her term as a Member of the SIOP Board of Directors and her leadership of the Young SIOP Network! Thank you, Gemma, for your drive to excellence, your innovation and your collaborative work both within the Young SIOP Network and SIOP Board, and also with internal and external partners and groups.
We have begun building a database of the National Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Societies around the world. This is a big task, so we would like to enlist your support and local knowledge.