Trailblazers was HUGELY beneficial to me and has influenced the way I work now. An increase in confidence now means I feel braver and have more power to influence others.
The opportunity to practice presenting to the group and to receive honest, fair, constructive and positive feedback was really useful. I feel I have learned to be bold, to follow my dreams and not to settle for "ordinary".
It is difficult to describe the value of Trailblazers in a narrative because it is so much about the confidence and inspiration that is achieved by being surrounded by a group of such positively motivated and genuine professionals.
I came away from the trailblazers program feeling very empowered.
This was a course that has impacted me in ways that will and have already touched my personal life and my career life in such a way that I will not be the same.
My attitude towards having goals and working towards them has been completely changed and re-worked in my mind.
“Enabling friendships” was a critical learning point for me personally where I learnt that positive and informed feedback can move people and projects on significantly
My attitude towards having goals and working towards them has been completely changed and re-worked in my mind.
It has given me more confidence in my ability to be an effective leader. I have gained an enormous amount of knowledge from the other participants too.
I have gained supreme confidence in becoming a leader in my field through the teachings from the trailblazers staff.
I really do feel re-energised by the supportive atmosphere; the feedback from other course members has helped me think about the project in new and helpful ways.
I am more confident in aspects of mental health care; I am also more confident within myself and trailblazers inspired me to do more training in this area
I am much more confident and motivated
Taught me communication/small group skills that are invaluable for working through a project and coming up with good solutions
Encouraged me to seek my passions/goals in my work
Enabled me to take time out of a very busy working life to reflect on what I wanted to achieve and why, and how to go about faciltating change
Greater awareness of my self, health systems in general and local systems in particular
More confidence in our abilities & to challenge ourselves & others to think in new ways.
Confidence in my own abilities to make change and to manage projects. Insight into my strengths and weaknesses, and the provision of tools to help me acknowledge and utilise these in the future.
It was a valuable and life-changing experience that will make me a better physician and better person.
Has provided a positive, supportive, nurturing learning environment - an excellent combination of challenges, reflection and relaxation.
What a wonderful experience.
A great programme, I strongly recommend it to others
I think this is a unique and HIGHLY beneficial experience. It is very different than other conferences, seminars, and professional experiences I have had. Despite many of those being very beneficial, Trailblazers seems to offer something that I have not seen or experienced elsewhere. I would highly recommend the course and believe it should continue.
Amazing, I loved it
An excellent initiative that I have been lucky enough to experience and learn from and which has had a direct impact on service development
I would recommend my colleagues took the opportunity to attend if it arose; it has been one of the most worthwhile events in my 20 years in the NHS!!
It's a highly valuable course.
A wonderful experience which as continued to inspire me and to build my confidence
The best learning opportunity that I have ever experienced. A chance to develop skills in a positive environment. To be challenged supportively. A course that is well planned but has the ability to be flexible to individual learning needs. Difficult to put into words but Trailblazers is not a course that you attend and forget but rather it is a way of learning and thinking that stays with you throughout your onward journey. I truly believe that this is an invaluable opportunity for person centred learning.
This course has been an exceptional learning experience for me.
The best personal learning I have ever had
Very enjoyable and unique learning experience with like-minded people.
Great fun, high quality learning which will be transferable to other areas of my work.
Wonderful program that I would like see more people attend. I am continuing even more so now to see what I took away from Trailblazers appear in my work/clinic. This is really exciting and I am loving the task ahead of me.
My partner and I have achieved far more than we thought was possible to achieve and I feel that this has definitely improved relationships between primary and Secondary care - and improved the service we can offer to clients
I loved the whole experience.
This was probably the best programme I have participated in. there was no talking at the participants, the atmosphere was encouraging and supportive and needs addressed were very definitely learner led.
One of the best development opportunities I have attended and well facilitated
One of the most positive, inspiring and useful projects I have ever been involved with. Without the support of the Trailblazers programme our project would never have begun, never mind go through to successful implementation. I would thoroughly recommend this project to anyone wishing to make a positive change for patients in a sustainable way.
This was an excellent opportunity to get away and think, renew enthusiasm in an extremely challenging area and meet others in the area