Healthy Healers Course

1. What makes a good job?

Look back at the list of what makes a good job, from week one.  Describe in your eJournal about whether your attitude toward the things you can control has changed over the time you’ve been taking this course.

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2. Positive Post-it Note

Each day for three days (or more if you like) write something encouraging to a different one of your colleagues on a small post-it note. Don’t sign it. Post it secretly. Note how people react and discuss this with your learning partner or on the discussion board. Is this a good strategy for building a positive workplace environment?

Click here for your discussion board Group 1 Group 2 .

3.   Getting Support

Getting Support (pick one activity)
a. Do you have a team or group you work with? Briefly describe your work team and what makes it successful in your eJournal. If you don’t, do you think you would like to build one? Describe how you might go about starting a new wellness type team or support group.

b. Violet Burnham brought up several issues that had to be worked out with her wellness team including: boundaries, confidentiality, personal issues, or limitations that impact services. Do you have any of these challenges in your co-worker relationships? Choose an issue that has been a problem for you and briefly describe in your eJournal how you have tried to resolve it. Or, did you get any new ideas from Violet about how you might resolve issues with co-workers? If so, briefly describe.

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4.  OPTIONAL:  Pick one of the activities below, and share with your learning partner or on the discussion board.

a.  .Physical Environment.

What do you want to change in your physical work environment?  Make the change! How does it feel? Share with your learning partner or on the discussion board. 

b. How can your agency be a better place to work?

Using what you have learned in this course about work and communications, think about the ways your organization can better support its health workers.  Discuss with your learning partner or post your suggestions on the discussion board. Describe the changes the agency could implement that would help you to be the best you can be at your job.