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This conference was held on the 15th October 2024 and bookings have now closed.

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Post Conference Update

On Tuesday 15th October 2024 we were delighted to welcome over 100 professionals who joined us for the 4th International Occupational Distress and Moral Injury Conference: Restoration, Recovery and Repair.

It was a great day with thought provoking and insightful presentations from:

Matthew Ramsey, MD: Opening address
Dr Tine Molendijk: Moral Injury in Context - Psychological, Ethical and Social Dimensions
Dr Deborah Morris & Dr Elanor Webb: Re-thinking systems of support in healthcare - what do our staff groups really need?
Wendy Dean, MD: The Perils of Pathologising Normal Responses
Prof. Jill Maben: Care Under Pressure - a systemic approach to understanding and intervening to mitigate poor psychological wellbeing for nurses, midwives and paramedics
Dr Ira Bedzow: Taking Care with Our Ethical Framing - why the variations of "moral" matter
Dr Sara Walker: Wellness Consults for Leaders and Teams - a model for providing wellbeing support to healthcare workers
Prof. Joe Rafferty: Just Cultures
Dr Kirsty Abbas & Dr Anne MacNiven: Moral Injury and Staff Support - insights from Paediatric Clinical Ethics Committee
Dr Lucy Frith: Moral Harm: the interface between distress and injury - developing an ethical language
Dr Esther Murray: A 'snowflake' workforce: what preparation is necessary for working in healthcare?

Speaker Presentations

Post Conference Slide Presentations:

1. Matt Ramsey Opening Remarks 2024

2. Tine Molendijk Moral Injury in Context

3. Deborah Morris Elanor Webb Rethinking Systems of Support

4. Jill Maben Care Under Pressure a systemic approach

5. Ira Bedzow Ethical Framing Moral Matters

6. Sara Walker Wellness Consults post conf revision

7. Prof Joe Rafferty Just Cultures

8. Kirsty Abbas Anne MacNiven Moral Injury and Staff Support

9. Lucy Frith Moral Harm

10. Esther Murray A snowflake workforce...

Conference Posters

Please see below copies of the Posters presented at the Occupational Distress and Moral Injury Conference. Thank you to all those who submitted.

Moral Distress and Injury Quali SyS Review poster AC MI as embodied experience poster CF

Conference Feedback

The feedback from our delegates was truly inspiring with 100% of attendees surveyed reporting that they had learnt something new, and 100% reported that they would change their work based practice as a result of attending the conference!

Here are just a few of the wonderful comments we received...

"Thank you for such a rich, informative and important conference. Thank you also for sharing so many different resources. Really great event to support changes in practice back in the real world."

"Thank you for such a fascinating and efficiently run event. Stimulating and thought provoking."

"One of the best conferences I've ever been to - relevant and practical. Huge thanks to the organisers and speakers."

Who was this event of interest to?

Our Moral Injury events are held annually and are of interest to professionals and researchers working with populations who experience or who are at risk of experiencing moral injury. Attendance would be relevant to those with leadership responsibilities for promoting the wellbeing of these populations.

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