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

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 Physio Foundations Podcast Summaries: You can find articles based on Physio Foundations podcast episodes at Perraton.Physio or on the Perraton Physio Linked In page. Visit our YouTube channel for more: https://www.youtube.com/@PerratonPhysio Join the conversation on social media @PerratonPhysio For a list of episodes, transcripts and associated blogs, visit www.perraton.physio/physiofoundations Follow @PerratonPhysio on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram and Linked In. This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.