Professional Peer Support Program
Did you know?
- 53% of Australian General Practitioners have considered leaving general practice because of work stress
- 20% of Australian Anaesthetists have high rates of emotional exhaustion
- 12.8% of Australian metropolitan GPs had severe psychiatric disturbance, indicative of clinical depression, anxiety or other psychiatric conditions
- Male medical practitioners may be twice as likely to suicide as other professional males in general, while some research suggests that female medical practitioners are four-six times more likely to suicide than other professional women.
The RACGP established the Professional Peer Support Program (PPSP) in 2004, in response to these concerning statistics.
The beyondblue /Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Medical workforce Initiative aimed to improve health and wellbeing through the development of a peer support network, and establishment of an e listing of medical practitioners willing to offer medical services to their peers and colleagues from other craft groups.
Publications:
“The Conspiracy of Silence - emotional health among Medical Practitioners” is a literature review of fifty years of research on doctor’s emotional health. It can be freely downloaded at: http://www.racgp.org.au/peersupport
“Keeping the Doctor Alive - A Self-care Guidebook for Medical Practitioners” provides medical practitioners with important information and resources on strategies to promote self-care. The guidebook can be ordered at: http://www.racgp.org.au/publications/tools#9
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