Hi - my name is Dr Nathan Illman, and I am a coach who works with doctors to help them build a better life and to achieve career success, whatever that means for you. I'm really excited to be partnering with Prescript, providing some content specifically for doctors. I'm going to be providing some written articles and some audio content like my podcast, and maybe some videos.

EFFECTIVE SELF-CARE ROUTINE

There are a number of different areas that I work on with clients and it'll be covered in the kind of content that I provide. This involves things like taking care of ourselves, so how to implement and maintain an effective self-care routine when things are just getting too stressful with your role - I know Prescript works with lots of locum doctors who may be placed out in rural areas where things can be quite unsettling. Sometimes organisations can be quite tricky and difficult to work in, creating quite challenging environments, so giving you ways to help manage the uncertainty, instability, and really keeping those healthy habits, maintain and learn some psychological skills and tools to manage the difficulties that you experience.

IMPROVING AND BUILDING CONFIDENCE

I also work with people on improving and building their confidence. Of course, this ranges from a number of things. This can be bouncing back after failing exams and thinking about how to overcome that self-doubt that's emerged from that. Or it could be working on overcoming when you've made mistakes, perhaps, in your medical career, or you've lost confidence in that area and that's really holding you back from being the kind of doctor that you want to be and being as effective as you want to be.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

And the other areas: Thinking about leadership development, leadership skills and the bigger picture. For example, what do you want your career to look like? What are the steps that you need to take to get there? And what are the specific behaviours that you need to work on in helping you develop those in the context of that coaching relationship?

BENEFITS OF COACHING

Coaching is in a one-to-one context where we have these kinds of conversations, you learn some new skills, tools and techniques to help you progress with your goals. It's completely confidential, so nothing is shared with your organisation or any other doctor colleagues. I know that can be a concern for some people.

Coaching is perhaps quite a new thing for some people. Sometimes people are a little bit unsure about it, whether or not it's necessary to have a coach. It's funny because, in the elite sporting world, it's very accepted that people will have a coach to guide them and provide a different perspective to help them achieve real, massive success. And it's very, very similar in the context of a coaching relationship with the kind of clients that I work with.

I've trained and studied human behaviour and understanding the psychology of people, and I offer a different perspective with clients and help them learn some new ways of taking care of themselves, improving that confidence and really helping people to make massive change and massive impact in their careers as a doctor.

FREE INTRODUCTORY SESSION

If you're interested to find out more about this, then I offer free taster sessions. I know that it's something that sometimes people are not too sure about, so I really like to give people the opportunity to have a chat with me just to test it out and see what that's like.

I hope you enjoy the content that I provide – I hope it’s useful to you. If you're ever interested to find out a bit more about what coaching looks like, then please feel free to get in touch with me. We can just have a chat and see what your current situation is and how I might be able to help you.

About Dr Nathan Illman

Dr Nathan Illman (PhD, DClinPsy) completed his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from King’s College London in 2015. After working clinically in multidisciplinary settings, he observed the lack of support for healthcare colleagues. As a result, he pivoted to set up his own practice providing coaching and training to doctors and nurses. His mission is to help people perform at their peak in healthcare and flourish in life. To book in a free call to discuss his Coaching for Doctors program further, simply go here. You can also find out more at his website at www.nathanillman.com.

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We believe that when we get these two crucial things right, it has a huge impact on the regional doctor shortage and the healthcare of communities across Australia.

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