The importance of being COVID ‘positive’ GP Associate Professor Vicki Kotsirilos lists some of the silver linings that have emerged alongside the dark clouds of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A burnt out workforce impacts patient care Burnout among healthcare workers is no new concept – but how much does it impact patient care?
‘We need to be kind to ourselves’: vicarious trauma and burnout GPs are at risk of vicarious trauma, particularly when it comes to caring for patients experiencing family abuse and violence.
NSW GPs on watch as hospitals placed on red alert In a possible sign of things to come, a surge in Omicron cases means low-risk patients will undergo ‘self-care’ in the community.
In Practice: Self-care for GPs and patients How can GPs practice what they preach by carrying out self-care, while also encouraging patients to do the same?
Self-care In this special live episode, GPs Tim Koh, Krystyna De Lange and Sean Stevens discuss how to motivate patients to practice self-care, helping children and teenagers, and doctors’ wellbeing.
Sparking an Australian walking revolution SPONSORED: The Heart Foundation’s Personal Walking Plans program is designed to help people who will benefit from moving more.
Post-COVID trauma on the healthcare frontline Half of healthcare workers in an international study reported having PTSD symptoms due to COVID. Has the pandemic had a similar impact on Australian GPs?
Criteria for cervical self-collection tests set to expand The self-collection pathway will be available to all eligible cervical cancer screening participants from next year, with ongoing GP guidance.
COVID strain taking a major toll on GPs New poll findings suggest the majority of practitioners’ mental health has been greatly impacted by the pandemic, with one GP saying it has ‘tipped us over’.