The health and wellbeing of junior doctors: insights from a national survey
Alexandra L Markwell and Zoe Wainer
Abstract
Junior doctors face specific pressures related to their professional stage and development and can be at risk of poor health.
A confidential survey conducted in 2008 by the Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors in Training investigated the health and wellbeing of junior doctors.
There were 914 completed surveys: 71% of junior doctors were concerned about their own health, and 63% about the health of a colleague.
A majority of junior doctors met well established criteria for low job satisfaction (71%), burnout (69%) and compassion fatigue (54%).
The early stages of a medical career are demanding, and the health and wellbeing of junior doctors must be a personal priority, as well as the responsibility of the medical profession in general, to ensure a healthy medical workforce in the future.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2009/191/8/health-and-wellbeing-junior-doctors-insights-national-survey
Life Balance
Life Balance is crucial to a strong and resilient Medical workforce, job satisfaction is a better predictor of work quality than long hours on site. High drug abuse and suicide is linked to poor work life balance.
http://afmw.org.au/leadership/164-maintaining-a-work-life-balance
Response to Readings,
Medi-Action, a new task-force to restructure the medical industry and it culture, utilising new technologies and systems to create a new Medical Framework that accommodates medical practitioners lifestyles.
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