The opinion piece in the SMH written by Dr Louis Izzo describes the extreme pressures that he sees junior doctors facing.
If this resonates with you, know that you are not alone. To speak with someone who understands and can support you please call the QLD Doctors’ Health Programme 24/7 helpline on 07 3833 4352....Doctors are not immune from developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
In fact, “the prevalence of PTSD is approximately 2 times greater in physicians, at 14.8%, than in the general population, with emergency medicine resident physicians’ incidence falling in the range of 11.9% to 21.5%.” (Vanyo, Lara et al. 2017) Vicarious...This week a third major Sydney hospital has had accreditation removed for Intensive Care trainees following multiple bullying complaints.
Whilst it is good to see action is being taken against toxic work environments, concerns remain for the unaccredited registrars who will be staffing the departments and doing this without the support of a college behind them. Meaningful change needs to occur to ensure...A great Live Panel Discussion of issues facing our Doctors in training this afternoon at AMA Queensland’s Junior Doctor Conference. Thanks to Health Minister Steven Miles, Dr Tessa Kennedy, Dr Eric Levi, Dr Bav Manoharan, Dr Hash Abdeen, Dr Dilip Dhupelia, Dr Nicola Campbell and QDHP’s Vicky Dawes. #QJDC2019
A great Live Panel Discussion of issues facing our Doctors in training this afternoon at AMA Queensland's Junior Doctor… Posted by Doctors' Health in Queensland on Saturday, 15 June...Dr Margaret Kay and Vicky Dawes presenting on Doctors’ Health at the RDAQ Conference in Cairns (and getting everyone to have a “snowball” fight in the process ❄️ ?)
Posted by Doctors' Health in Queensland on Thursday, 6 June...QDHP is an independent service supported through funding from the Medical Board of Australia.
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