To help jumpstart the planning and promoting of your Wellness Week events, we have collated a list of engaging activities for you to consider.
- Welcome breakfast to kick off the week
- Create a ‘staff resus trolley’ to go around each day with fruit and treats (see the WRaP EM ‘How- to’ Guide)
- Redecorate your tearoom door (or other space) to brand it as a ‘reflection, rest and rejuvenation’ space
- Arrange for your pet dog to join the ED for a day to provide some ‘pet therapy’ in the tearoom
- Alternatively, organise a dog park catch up
- Organise a massage therapist to give neck and should massages to the staff for the afternoon
- Create a series of self-care resources and packs for staff to access in the handover room
- Organize a wellness-themed presentation
- Create thank you packs for all staff (nursing, clerical, medical, security, cleaners, porters)
- Arrange guided meditations before team handovers
- Encourage mindfulness through LEGO building in the tearoom
- Free gym visits (approach a local gym and ask if they would support free access for EM department staff for 7 days)
- Run a wellness-themed photo competition
- Trainees and junior doctors - create wellbeing packs and utilise part of your allocated teaching time to reflect and restore