Painting the Picture:

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Painting the Picture Medical Student Wellbeing
Genevieve Peek1, Emily Carroll2, William Perry3,
James Hillis4, Tiffany Fulde5, Belinda Hibble6,
Marion Davies7 and Justin Yousef4 1University of
Sydney, 2Flinders University, 3University of
Otago, 4University of Melbourne, 5University of
New South Wales, 6Monash University, 7University
of Tasmania
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Student Wellbeing Survey

• Many of the factors affecting junior doctor
  wellbeing commence during medical school
• Many of the coping strategies junior doctors use
  are developed during medical school

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The Pathway Forward

• Raise awareness of and promote student wellbeing
• Reduce stigma associated with stress and distress
• Publicise support services available to students
• Work with other groups and organisations with
  similar aims
• Promote the teaching of and development of
  resilience strategies
• Carry out future research

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The Pathway Forward

• AMSA/NZMSA Wellbeing Working Party (WWP)
• Policy
• Projects
• Future research
• AMSA Get a GP campaign

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The Pathway Forward

• Policy
• Submissions process is underway
• Calling for electronic submissions from all
  interested individuals and organisations
• Closing date 16th October
• Terms of Reference on AMSA and NZMSA websites

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The Pathway Forward

• Projects
• Wellbeing publication
• To be distributed to all first year medical
  students in 2010
• Contributions from students and experts in the
  field
• Directory of wellbeing resources

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Summary

• Wellbeing is an important issue both within and
  beyond medical school
• Strong stigma associated with experiencing stress
  and distress
• AMSA and NZMSA are currently taking steps to
  raise the profile of student wellbeing and
  promote wellness to our members

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Thank You
Survey researchers James Hillis, Will Perry,
Emily Carroll, Marion Davies, Belinda Hibble,
Justin Yousef Thank you to the faculty staff who
assisted with this research Ben Canny, Agnes
Dodds, Kate Reid, Eleanor Flynn, Geoff McColl,
Sue Elliott, Mary-Leigh Moore, Helen Schultz,
Kerry Breen, Mark Schwartz, Nick Tolhurst, Anne
Martin, David Prideaux, Steven Lockwood Thank
you to AMSA Executive 07, 08 09 and the NZMSA
Executive 07, 08 09 for their support.
Wellbeing Working Party Genevieve Peek, James
Hillis, William Perry, Tiffany Fulde, Emily
Carroll, Ross Roberts-Thompson, Michael Shun,
Kris Hayres, Danielle Gelbart, Kerry Short,
Chantelle Ruoss, Adam Nelson, Daryl Cheng