They came from across the country, ranging in age from 10 months (a baby nephew) to their mid-70s. Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, wives, and husbands—around 20 individuals in total. Their […]
Wellbeing
Agnes Arnold-Forster: Doctors’ wellbeing—learning from the past can help improve the future
Much of the current focus on doctors’ emotional health is preoccupied with piecemeal solutions […]
Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan: Burnout in healthcare workers—are we surprised?
There is a picture of a vending machine that went viral. This is because a note was placed on the glass that describes how many of us feel: “the light […]
Processing trauma: Resilience may not lie within individuals, but between individuals
Matthew Walton discusses the importance of education and peer support in medical school […]
Ensuring our future doctors are resilient
Medical schools need to do more to foster future practitioner wellbeing and resilience […]
Samantha Anthony: Career breaks should be supported, not feared
We owe it to ourselves and to our patients to take time out when we need to […]
Clare Gerada: Why has medicine become such a miserable profession?
Medicine has always been a hard taskmaster, yet more and more we hear about the unrest and dissatisfaction of doctors across the world […]
Clare Gerada: Mental illness among doctors—it’s time to address systemic problems
Staff should receive the same compassion they give to their patients […]