Staying strong - resilience in medicine

Beth Durrell Potter
ByDr Beth Durrell Potter
Published09 December 2015
MDU medico-legal advisers Dr Beth Durrell and Dr Nikki Lennard discuss the concept of resilience, and how to cope with the emotional challenges a medical career can throw at you.
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Dr Beth Durrell Potter
Medico-legal adviser

BSc(Hons) MB ChB MRCPsych PGDip(Mental Health Law) Beth qualified from Manchester University in 2002 and completed her psychiatry training in the North West. She obtained a CCT in general adult psychiatry and worked as an inpatient consultant before leaving to join the MDU as a medico-legal adviser. She holds a postgraduate diploma in mental health law.

Dr Nicola Lennard
Medico-legal adviser

MBChB MD FRCS(General Surgery) GDL Nicola completed her post graduate training in general and vascular surgery before taking up post, initially as a senior medical officer, then Deputy Medical Director in the medical devices division of the MHRA. She joined the MDU as a medico-legal advisor in 2013 and completed her graduate diploma in law in 2014.

Staying strong - resilience in medicine