Dr Annalene Weston, Dentolegal Consultant
BDS, MHL, FACD, FPFA, FICD
Dr Annalene Weston is a Dentolegal Consultant for Dental Protection Australia, providing collegiate support and advice. Annalene completed her undergraduate dental degree in the UK and worked in NHS and private dentistry before immigrating. She has worked across three Australian states, in private and public dentistry, and gained her Masters in Health Law through the University of Sydney, Faculty of Law. Annalene has been awarded Fellowships to the American College of Dentistry, the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the International College of Dentistry in recognition of her strong work in ethics. In addition to her role with Dental Protection, Annalene maintains practice part-time, is the host of the Dental Protection podcast series and the mother of two rambunctious boys.
Why Burnout Matters, Strategies to Reduce Burnout, Stress and Mental Health.
Burnout is impacting around 50% of all dental practitioners globally at any given time, impacting us across all of our systems, behaviourally, physically, cognitively and emotionally. Unsurprisingly, this means that burnt-out practitioners make more mistakes that practitioners who are not burnt-out. In the presentation, Dr Annalene Weston, Senior Dentolegal Consultant at Dental Protection explores burnout, how we get there, what it feels like, how we bounce back, and, strategies to avoid getting there in the first place.
Learning Objectives
- What is burnout? how does it present?
- How does it matter?
- What strategies can we put into place to reduce burnout
- How can we bounce back?