Tim Trevail - How do you find your purpose as a health professional?

Physio Foundations

Tim is the program director for the physical health suite of programs at Torrens University, a rehab specialist at Complete Physio Exercise and Performance in Melbourne, Australia and a PhD candidate in the area of tendinopathy. In this episode, Tim talks about finding your purpose as a health professional. Thanks Tim for a great conversation.

In this episode:

• 0:00 About this episode
• 2:27 About Tim
• 7:30 Finding you purpose and the meaning for your you do, the concept of Ikigai
• 8:10 Australian physiotherapy workforce survey; 55-60% are leaving the profession within 10 years of graduating – exploring reasons for this
• 10:45 What does the world need and what is your mission?
• 11:50 What are you good at?
• 12:32 What do you love? What do you feel enthusiastic about doing?
• 13:05 What can you be paid for?
• 17:53 Working through Tim’s Ikigai and finding his purpose as a health professional
• 22:57 What if you don’t have the passion for the profession yet?
• 27:39 How soon is too soon to specialise? Planning your pathway to specialisation. What is a specialist?
• 33:50 Talking to new grads and students about ‘putting yourself out there’ on social media and professionally.
• 40:40 Workshopping Physio Foundations – where I fit in and what is my purpose?
• 49:40 Summary – where to from here?

Find Tim on Instagram @blackbeltrehab

Find out more at timtrevail.com

We mentioned the book ‘So good they can’t ignore you’ by Cal Newport

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