About
About Greg Dunn and his experience in the medical profession.
Dr Greg Dunn
I have worked in rural General Practice in Matamata for 30 years. I sold my practice in April 2022.
I have had interests in learning, teaching and mentoring throughout my career and was a Teacher in the RNZCGP training programme for General Practice for 20 years and was awarded a Distinguished Fellowship of the College in 2017 for contribution to teaching. During this time of in practice GP registrar teaching, I also assisted as a Medical Educator in the Waikato for 4 years, interviewed applicants for the GP training programme, was an examiner for the College Primex exams and contributed to teaching and GP experience of 4th,5th, and 6th year medical students.
I graduated in Medicine in 1988 through the University of Otago. Prior to Medicine I trained and worked as a Podiatrist completing a Diploma in Podiatry in 1981 and also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Obstetrics in 1991.
My own journey of learning and seeing the immense value in that, combined with my clinical work and accompanying thousands of people in their life stories has contributed to my desire to support others in their professional work. I have experienced serious illness and the impact of that, loss of a longstanding marriage relationship, compassion fatigue and burn out. Through these experiences I am acutely aware of the pressures and stresses of living and working as a medical practitioner.
In 2021 I completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Supervision through the University of Auckland as a means to providing assistance to others.
Optimism, hopefulness and gratitude are integral parts of my make-up. My core values centre around love, trust and honesty. I hold special and appreciate small things in our life journey which can be overlooked and taken for granted.
I have 5 grown children who are all variably extremely talented, creative, artistic and deeply loved.
I continue to be quite active across a range of endeavours seeing the benefit in physical, psychological and spiritual health. Finding inner peace through reflection, bush walking, music, writing, and dog patting is a daily practice.
Involvement in amateur theatre through play writing, acting on stage, and directing provides a further avenue of relaxation and grounding by stepping out of the self and becoming ‘another’.
The painting of ‘The Doctor’ by Sir Luke Fidels highlights a number of points for reflection. In the poverty and squalor, in the absence of anything tangible, the Doctor is there, is present. How important is that to those suffering and those standing by. The Doctor is not only dealing with the uncertainty of what is happening and the lack of anything magical or effective to use, but also what will be the outcome for the sick child and the Doctor’s role in that outcome. The Doctor is also coping with their own self-doubt. Consider the Doctor after he leaves ‘the painting’, what are his thoughts, his anxieties, his reflection of his own skills, on what he could do or couldn’t do. Did he have anyone to talk about these things with?
Professional Supervision can provide that opportunity for these discussions.
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