Who is this event suitable for?
This is a free workshop open to all. The workshop will be of particular interest to individuals and organisations dedicated to improving healthcare and community outcomes, including staff in Health, Housing, and Social Care Sectors e.g.:
- Healthcare Professionals: Doctors, nurses, medical practitioners, and support staff.
- Social Workers: Those working in social care and community services.
- Housing Professionals: Individuals involved in housing associations and policies.
- Aspiring Leaders: Individuals aiming for leadership roles within their respective sectors.
What are the benefits of attending?
This workshop will provide an introduction to behaviour change and consider what drives behaviour and why sometimes our goal-setting doesn’t lead to appropriate actions.
Length of Event
2.5 hours
Further Information
This workshop will be delivered through the medium of English.
Tutors
Dr Rosemary Smith
Dr Rosemary Smith has a background in education, coaching and mentoring, and leadership, at first within the Outdoors as a coach and coach educator, and for the past 10 years, teaching on Higher Education postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. Rosemary has an MEd in Professional Practice in Higher Education, and an EdD (Doctor of Education), and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Rosemary's research interests are in critical thinking development, learning, and coaching, as well as previous research into women's experiences in the outdoors.
Prof John Parkinson
John is a behavioural psychologist with a research focus on the interface between cognition and emotion, particular with respect to health promotion and illness prevention. He is interested in how motivational signals are generated, how they interact with ongoing cognitive processes and how this affects behaviour. The integration of dual-process theory with contemporary approaches to behaviour (such as COM-B) is of particular interest. His research interests include: the influence of motivational states on cognitive processes such as attention, memory and decision-making; the effect of positive emotional states on cognition; the role and nature of stimulus-induced behaviours (including motivational arousal and craving in addictive behaviours). John is the Director of the Wales Centre for Behaviour Change and collaborates with the Public Health Wales Behavioural Science Unit.
John is a member of the Clinical, Health, & Behavioural Psychology and Social Neuroscience research groups.