Trainees at risk: the need for support and compassion

Recent awareness has highlighted the ongoing challenges of mental health issues amongst medical practitioners. This includes a 16.9% risk of moderate to severe depression in doctors under investigation.1 Surgical trainees in the United States have also reported a high rate of burnout.2While there is...

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Published inANZ journal of surgery Vol. 88; no. 11; pp. 1106 - 1107
Main Authors Rashid, Prem, Habashy, David, Calopedos, Ross
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.11.2018
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Burnout
Medical personnel
Mental health
Physicians
Social support
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Summary:Recent awareness has highlighted the ongoing challenges of mental health issues amongst medical practitioners. This includes a 16.9% risk of moderate to severe depression in doctors under investigation.1 Surgical trainees in the United States have also reported a high rate of burnout.2While there is no comparable data on Australian and New Zealand surgical trainees and international medical graduates, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has invested heavily in educating fellows, international medical graduates and trainees about bullying and harassment.3
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ISSN:1445-1433
1445-2197
DOI:10.1111/ans.14756