We are trained to diagnose, treat, gas, tube, stabilise, fix patients.

I would sincerely like to share my thoughts as a front-line worker and offer three possible practical action plans that are not necessarily expensive or extensive to tackle this issue.ĭoctor wellbeing and doctor suicides are uncomfortable topics for many of us. I have been hit by friendly fire and covered in mud. I am not a psychiatrist or a mental health professional. I would like to change your mind on this matter. We have had many interventions with variable successes. As individuals and institutions, we have been grappling with this issue for some time. do you deliver the best care for your patient? More importantly, how do you deliver the best care for your patient in the context of institutional and individual challenges? The problem of clinician burnout and mental health is well known.

Modified from a Plenary Talk at Combined Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. Broken Doctors, Broken Systems: Clinician Mental Health in Context.

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