A wonderful evening of sad farewells and welcoming celebrations held at Hunstanton on Friday 28th May 2021.
DHQ farewells CEO Dr Fiona Hawthorne and welcomes Medical Director Dr Jennifer Schafer
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DHQ Celebrates 31 Years
Doctors’ Health in Queensland’s service arm board chair Ross Phillipson led the charge in acknowledging the honourable work the organisation has done for the medical community since it first began operations more than 31 years ago. Along with formally announcing the...
DHQ in the News!
Listen to our DHQ radio segment that aired on Friday PM on ABC NQ Radio Drive - our piece is at 2:06:35 https://www.abc.net.au/radio/northqld/programs/north-qld-drive/drive/12561362 The online story is...
Research on Doctors’ Mental Health
Written by Dr Ross Phillipson Research has shown that the majority of doctors generally enjoy good physical health. However, there has been concern expressed over many years that the mental health of doctors is not as high as it should be. Sadly, the suicide rate...
Queensland’s bespoke support service for doctors and medical students is pleased to announce a new name to better reflect the support we’ve been providing to doctors and medical students in Queensland for over 30 years. Formerly your local doctors’ health advisory service (DHAS(Q) & QDHP) we will be now known together as “Doctors’ Health in Queensland” (DHQ).
Callers to our help-line will always speak to a senior GP or specialised counsellor who has had training and is experienced in supporting doctor and medical student colleagues with a wider range of general health and stress-related problems. Doctors’ Health in Qld’s...
Still umming and ahhing about whether to come to the Creative Careers in Medicine conference next month on the Gold Coast?
Would $200 off the registration fee twist your arm?! Good job we have a discount code for you to use! Use code QDHP2019. Hope to see you there... https://www.facebook.com/DocHealthQLD/photos/a.783316138493825/1275685922590175/?type=3&theater
Saturday for many people around the world means parkrun.
What is parkrun? Parkrun is a free, timed 5km walk or run that takes place every Saturday morning around the world. It is open to everybody, of all ages and abilities. The Royal College of General Practitioners in the UK has now linked up with parkrun for an...
We are excited to let you all know that the Queensland Doctors’ Health Programme will be attending the Creative Careers in Medicine Conference in the Gold Coast 3rd and 4th August.
Details of the programme and a link to register can be found here: https://creativecareersinmedicine.com/ccim-gold-coast-2019/ It's not too late to register. Don't miss out on this great opportunity!
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 trauma, a...
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...