Why Medical Workforce Cannot Adequately Teach the Next Generation?

The Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) is significantly concerned about burnout among many medical professionals and the understated impacts on medical students and their medical education.

Recent stressors to Australia’s health system alongside long-term unsustainable workforce planning have placed extreme pressure on the health workforce leading to challenges to Australia’s health system.

Medical Tourism � The Road Ahead
Medical Tourism has become a serious enterprise in India over the last two years. However some hospitals have been practicing it for quite a few years.

‘Medical students have faced significant disruptions to their medical education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic with canceled placements, restricted access to patients, and online classes.’

Tweet it Now

“What we are seeing currently is an extremely burnt-out medical profession, disastrous staff shortages, and intensified clinical demand due to influenza and COVID-19,” said AMSA President Ms. Jasmine Davis.

Impact of Stressed Workforce on Medical Fraternity

A recent survey by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians found that 87% of doctors were experiencing burnout. Another study during the pandemic of over 9,000 healthcare workers found that 57% of the workforce was struggling with depression.

AMSA is concerned that the current crisis in the healthcare system is going to have extreme ramifications on students, doctors in training and patient safety.

Some students are beginning to recognize the personal and structural impacts our overburdened healthcare system is having on doctors and healthcare workers universally.

Future Doctors’ Life is at Stake

Being taught by doctors who are underpaid, overworked and burnt out makes us reflect on the viability and sustainability of our future careers.

Prevent Hacking of Medical Devices: FDA Sounds Alarm
How to stop hacking of medical devices? US Food and Drug Administration hopes to tackle the medical cybersecurity issue through the manufacturers’ review process

Therefore, we must focus on alleviating the current workforce pressures and put in place structures to reduce burnout in the medical profession long term.

This is not just to reduce the current burnout we are seeing but also to ensure that students and trainees are getting the high-quality education necessary to have a sustainable, long and rewarding career in medicine.

NEET-Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination to be Postponed by at Least 4 Months
The Hon’ Prime Minister of India reviewed the increased need of medical personnel for responding to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

AMSA is calling on the Federal, State and Territory governments to work together to address the current workforce pressures as a matter of urgency and to commit to long-term sustainable workforce planning by funding the National Medical Workforce Strategy.

Such a measure would facilitate the collection of data that enables evidence-based workforce decision-making, which alleviates pressures where it is needed the most.

Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2022: New Regulations
A draft document for public consultation released by NMC for Professional Conduct Regulations (2022) that includes Telemedicine Practice Guidelines Version 2.

Source-Medindia