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Junior Doctors Overworked, Says Australian Medical Association
A survey by the association of around 900 junior doctors found more than half were struggling with their workload and 41 per cent said it was potentially compromising their performance.
Stress, pressure and long hours are taking their toll on junior doctors, sometimes to the point of suicide.
Speaking at the launch of the Australian Medical Association's Junior Doctors' Health and Wellbeing Survey yesterday, AMA president Rosanna Capolingua said, ''We have been touched by the experience of having colleagues junior doctors commit suicide.
''Then there are cases where [junior doctors] have car accidents driving home after long shifts at work.
''There are things that occur that really raise the alarm bells.''
Dr Capolingua called on governments to urgently increase the number of junior doctors working in the public health system because more than half of the survey's respondents reported struggling with excessive workloads. More than 40 per cent believed this potentially compromised the quality of care they provided.
The study of 914 doctors at the beginning of their careers in medicine was taken to provide a snapshot of the health and wellbeing of these doctors and assess how well they were coping with the pressure of balancing work, study and family commitments.
Doctors nationwide and in New Zealand took part in the confidential, online, self-reporting questionnaire. Most respondents were 26-35 years old and 2 per cent worked in the Australian Capital Territory.
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