RD16 (2019) Wellbeing issues in anaesthetic departments and private groups

Orientation:

Show

· Hospital

· Equipment

· People

· Computer systems

· Communication systems

· Processes

Tell

· Clinical duties

· Non-clinical duties

· Rostering

· Leave

Ask

· Professional development goals

· Other specific requirements

Constitutive

· Safe working hours

· Buddy

· Mentor

· Space to congregate

· Social activities

· Department meetings

· Department welfare advocate

· ANZCA Welfare SIG Long Lives, Healthy Workplaces Toolkit

Inducible

· GP (encourage it)

· Department-linked psychologist or psychiatrist

· Hospital Employee Assistance programme

· ANZCA Doctors’ Support Programme

· State Doctors’ Health Advisory Service

Constitutive

· SOT

· Education

· Exam preparation

· Encourage study groups

· Career advice

Inducible

· ANZCA process for trainee experiencing difficulty

· ANZCA process for trainee illness and disability