In this series designed for clinicians by clinicians, we hear from paediatric doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals from across Australia who joined us as a part of a four-year research project, to share their reflections on the experience of delivering care for complex patients. Our hope is that their shared reflections may help others to feel empowered, more connected, and able to appreciate how they make a difference to patients and families and identify what sustains them in the many challenges they face.
In this episode, clinicians reflect on the value and qualities of good mentoring, how to choose a mentor, and models of mentorship.
29 Jun 2026
Grief and Loss - Part 3: Trusting, abiding and growing
In part three of this three-part mini-series on grief and loss, clinicians reflect on the importance of trust in the relationship with patients and families, how clinicians hold the emotional space and abide as families navigate grief and loss, and how clinicians feel they can grow and also achieve a balance between clinical engagement and self-care, to maximise their own effectiveness.
29 Jun 2026
Grief and Loss - Part 2: Delivering bad news and navigating bereavement
In part two of this three-part mini-series on grief and loss, clinicians reflect on some of the challenges around delivering bad news to patients and families. In the second part of this episode, clinicians reflect on the importance of modelling and including junior staff in difficult conversations. The final part of today's episode explores how clinicians navigate death and bereavement.
29 Jun 2026
Grief and Loss - Part 1: What distresses, perplexes and inspires
In part one of this three-part mini-series on grief and loss, clinicians reflect on the distress they experience when they feel unable to alleviate the grief and loss families endure. In the second part, clinicians reflect on the perplexing ways grief and loss may present and the importance of acknowledging clinicians' own grief and vulnerability. The final part of today's episode explores the different ways clinicians find inspiration and how they are able to persist in the face of families' grief and loss.
29 Jun 2026
Finding Purpose and Meaning
In this episode, clinicians reflect on the ways in which they find purpose and meaning to help sustain them across their careers, despite the complexities they face in their caring professions.
29 Jun 2026
Making a Difference - Part 2
In part two of this two-part mini-series, clinicians continue to reflect on how they make a difference, highlighting the importance of understanding the grief families experience, helping them to focus on what matters, and empowering and encouraging families to live in the moment and enjoy the little wins.
29 Jun 2026
Making a Difference - Part 1
In part one of this two-part mini-series, we hear from clinicians on how they feel they make a difference via their approaches to consultations, the importance of good communication, building relationships, and establishing trust with families.
29 Jun 2026
The Struggle
In this episode, clinicians reflect on the burden of empathy, feelings of guilt and inadequacy, the impacts of struggling through confusion and uncertainty, along with some of the ways they self-protect and reframe their thinking when dealing with complex patients.
29 Jun 2026
The value of reflection and connection
In this epsiode, clinicians reflect on the value of reflecting, the importance of peer connection, models of reflective practice, and how to ensure reflective practice sessions are psychologically safe.
29 Jun 2026
Complexity
In this episode, clinicians reflect on some of the complexities of working in modern medicine. In the first half, clinicians reflect on complexities around advances in technology, genomics, and the impact of social media. In the second half, clinicians working in central Australia reflect on a different working environment and the complexities they navigate when delivering care in their local context.
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