Effective Time Management Course

Designed specifically for doctors and healthcare professionals, this online course on Effective Time Management imparts crucial time management skills to enable better handling of workloads and enhancing work-life balance.

Based on extensively researched models and techniques, the course covers an extensive range of knowledge and skills.

Course Topics

Course Modules:

Introduction to Time Management

• Learn how to track your time to understand how you currently spend it.
• Learn about different time management approaches and techniques.
• Understand the characteristics of good time managers.

Planning and Scheduling

• Consider various time management techniques for scheduling and planning work activities.
• Learn how to use the Eisenhower matrix effectively to prioritise tasks.

Barriers to Time Management

• Reflect on the consequences of saying yes too often and learn how to say no.
• Understand the concepts of rights and responsibilities.
• Learn about emotional drivers and how to use them to be more efficient.
• Learn how to manage emails more effectively to avoid wasting time.

Delegation & Avoiding Procrastination

• Reflect on the concept of delegation, why we need to do it, why we are reluctant to do it, and whom we should delegate to or not.
• Consider the issue of procrastination, how you can avoid it, but also how you can embrace it.

Managing Meetings

• Explore how meetings impact on your time and that of others.
• Consider ways in which you can make meetings more effective.

Additional Resources

• Access a variety of resources to help you further develop your time management skills.

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