It’s time we started thinking about designing a trauma-informed curriculum for medical trainees, writes Dr Jocelyn Lowinger. At a recent job interview I was asked the question, “can you tell us about a time you made a mistake and what you did about it?” On the face of it, this question seems to…

WE are into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and doctor wellbeing is an ongoing problem. There are a multitude of supports and trainings offered from a variety of organisations (here, here, here, and here). It’s wonderful that there are so many resources to tap into. But burnout is a complex…

IT IS well known that burnout is endemic in the medical profession. Undoubtedly the problem has worsened since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbated by the traumatic stress typically associated with pandemics along with the multitude of workplace stressors such as fear of illness, lack…

WELCOME to the last issue of InSight+ for 2019! Forty-eight issues in and we’ve covered a lot of ground – from adolescent concussion to XDR typhoid. This year we formed partnerships with the Black Dog Institute and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to bring you regular content. We are…

JAMA recently published an article indicating professional coaching can be helpful for doctors in managing stress and burnout. It is gratifying to see that medicine is slowly catching up to the business and corporate world who have been using coaching for decades as an evidence-based methodology for…

IMPOSTER syndrome seems to be one of the better kept secrets in medicine. When I started my coaching practice in February 2018, I thought I’d be coaching doctors to find non-clinical careers to move into, just as I had done many years previously. I knew there was a need and had cofounded a Facebook…