Essentials Webinar Series is a programme of 1.5-hour webinars – broadcast live – providing expert specialist clinical training and essential information. These webinars are recorded live and are available for delegates to access freely for six months from the webinar date.

South East Thames Faculty is pleased to welcome guest speaker, Alison Sampson, Clinical Psychologist at The Priory Group. The event will be chaired by our Faculty Education Lead Dr Jane Roome, however the webinar is open to all to attend.

During the talk, Alison will discuss health anxiety in patients and its impact on General Practitioners.

Questions will be raised around how do GPs feel about their consultation time in managing patients who somatise?

What has happened to those who were already anxious about health pre-pandemic? What have those who face challenges to self-soothe done during the pandemic? Case studies will be presented for discussion followed by a Q&A session.

Learning objectives:

  • Patient management in health anxiety
  • Theoretical perspectives – the unconscious forces that give rise to a specific psychological state or psychological event
  • Psychosomatic illness – the speechless mind Vs the speaking body
  • Psychodynamic observation – patients displaying variations of presentations
  • Causes of anxiety disorders

Webinar Chair:

Dr Jane Roome – GP Tutor and Education Lead, South East Thames Faculty

Webinar Speaker:

Alison Sampson, Clinical Psychologist at The Priory Group

Pricing:

  • AiT rate – £15
  • RCGP Member rate – £20
  • Non-Member rate – £30

This event is supported and managed by the SOUTH EAST THAMES FACULTY