January 2026 LES Actions for Engagement Calendar
Small ideas. Practical prompts. Use what fits.
Each month we’ll share a new Actions for Engagement Calendar with simple prompts designed to spark reflection, learning, and small actions in practice. These aren’t a checklist — just ideas you can dip into.
- Print it to keep inspiration close and circle a few prompts that feel useful or timely for you that month.
- Flip it over to see a practical example of how a prompt might look in action.
- Explore further by selecting prompts marked with a click for more icon, linking to additional ideas and resources if you’d like to delve deeper.
- Check back monthly as the calendar page is updated regularly with a new calendar to download and consider – lymphoedemaedu.com/engagement
Sometimes it’s the smallest, most consistent actions that shape confidence, connection, and care over time.
January Actions for Engagement
January’s calendar focuses on patient-centred care, with prompts to support meaningful conversations, shared goals, and practical approaches that place the person at the centre of care.
See it. Share it. Start a conversation.
Each image below highlights one January engagement prompt that we invite you to download share with colleagues or teams.
January CPD Links: Optional Depth to Support Patient-Centred Practice
Some January prompts invite you to pause, explore evidence, or reflect on how patient priorities shape care and outcomes. Each offers evidence or practical insight that aligns with patient-centred care, shared decision-making, or outcome-focused practice.
Wed 6 January – Research & Evidence
Lymphedema Research: Volume, Function, and Patient Experience
🔗 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1089/lrb.2021.0051
Provides evidence on how lymphoedema affects function and quality of life, beyond limb volume alone. Useful for clinicians wanting to ground assessment and goals in what matters to patients, not just clinical measures.
Thu 12 January – Clinical Practice
Can Reminders Help Clients Stay on Track with Self-Management? (LES)
🔗 https://lymphoedemaeducation.com.au/2017/02/can-help-clients-stay-track-self-management/
A practical exploration of strategies to help clients maintain self-management routines. Supports the calendar’s emphasis on collaboration and shared approaches to care.
Fri 15 January – Professional Growth
Principles for Effective Goal-Setting (Australian Government)
🔗 https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/01/principles-for-goal-setting.pdf
A concise, evidence-informed framework for goal setting that can strengthen shared decision-making, focus clinical conversations, and enhance patient engagement.
Tue 21 January – Research & Evidence
Assessing and Monitoring the Impact of Lymphoedema / Chronic Oedema (LES)
🔗 https://lymphoedemaeducation.com.au/2019/03/assessing-and-monitoring-the-impact-of-lymphoedema-chronic-oedema/
Highlights outcome measures and monitoring strategies that value patients’ lived experience and function — offering practical ideas to inform reflective practice and CPD.
Fri 23 January – Professional Growth
Video: Motivational Interviewing in Practice
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N9dm0Pbobw
A short, accessible visual resource on the principles of motivational interviewing – a communication approach that aligns well with patient-centred engagement and shared goals.
