Improve your wellbeing with stress management techniques, MBS billing fact sheets, medico-legal risk mitigation tips, a burnout self-assessment tool, 24/7 GP Support and other resources.
Psychological Wellbeing, Mindfulness & Stress
Dr Reena Kotecha
Dr Reena Kotecha developed ‘Mindful Medics: Healthcare starts with Self Care’, a training program designed for healthcare workers to promote personal health, wellbeing and professional productivity. She studied at the Imperial College London, worked as a hospital doctor in the National Health Service and now uses an evidence based approach to help GPs and non-clinical staff achieve personal wellbeing.
Dr Lee David
Dr Lee David is a GP with an interest in mental health and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). She has a clinical role for Practitioner Health in the United Kingdom, an organisation dedicated to supporting doctors and other health practitioners with their mental health and wellbeing.
Physical Wellbeing: Get Active
FitOn
This free app offers a variety of exercise classes and can be tailored to your fitness needs and goals.
7 Minute Workout
This free app delivers a science-based way to work out anywhere, anytime. Designed by Chris Jordan, Director of Exercise Physiology at the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute.
Nike Training Club
Access 200+ free workouts and targeted training programmes ranging from 5-50 minutes, plus yoga classes, bodyweight sessions and much more.
Adidas Runtastic
Target specific muscle groups and create your own workout that fits your schedule using this app. Join challenges and compare your physical activity to others and push yourself even further.
Financial Wellbeing
Navwealth Financial Services
Financial wellbeing often starts and ends with financial literacy and comfort around your ability to manage your financial position. Many GPs are looking at ways to understand and take control of their financial situation in an efficient and cost effective manner. Watch 3 helpful videos and learn how Navwealth Financial Services can help you.
Medico-legal Wellbeing
MBS billing
MBS billing is complicated. There are frequent changes to item numbers, requirements and eligibility. This helpful resource details the guidelines around billing items, helps you practise compliantly and offers tips if you face a Medicare compliance audit.
Telehealth
Telehealth can introduce additional clinical risk. Find out how to mitigate these risks whilst still enjoying the benefits of Teleheath.
Medico-legal cases increasing
There has been an increase in medico-legal cases being reported in the media. Find out how good clinical records, investigation follow ups and risk management techniques can help avoid medico-legal claims.
Drugs of dependence
Prescribing drugs of dependence has long been an area of medico-legal risk, especially if patients become aggressive when faced with a refusal of prescription. Find out the common pitfalls, how to mitigate the risk and access handy state and territory fact sheets.
Stress and the difficult patient
We all know patients can present with difficult behaviours during a consultation. This video provides insights on how to approach the consultation and how to develop handy skills to manage difficult patient behaviours.
Burnout
Maslach Burnout Inventory
You can self-assess your own burnout with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), a widely used self-assessment tool.
GP Support
Your Medical Director
Your Medical Director is well placed as an initial point of contact to raise any concerns you may have. As an experienced clinician, they will treat your concerns with respect and confidentiality and help you with appropriate resources and support. They can also work with you and the medical centre to support you in your practice and make any adjustments needed.
Your Regional Clinical Director
Your Regional Clinical Director is available if you prefer to discuss your concerns away from the medical centre. They are experienced in supporting GPs with a variety of issues and can offer helpful resources and can work collaboratively with your local team.
DRS4DRS
DRS4DRS provides crisis support and non-urgent mental health support for doctors and medical students. It is free, confidential and available 24/7. Call 1300 374 377.
Doctors for Colleagues
This is an AMA register of state based GPs who are specifically committed to delivering care to their GP colleagues.
Hand-n-Hand (Helping Australian & New Zealand Nurses & Doctors)
Hand-n-Hand offers free, confidential peer support for health practitioners. Initially founded at the start of COVID-19, hundreds of people have now joined the growing peer support movement.
RACGP GP Support Program
This is a free service offered by the RACGP to help foster a culture of self-care among GPs. RACGP Members can access professional advice to help you cope with life's stressors that can impact your wellbeing, work performance, safety, morale and psychological health.
Support for registrars
Registrars are valued members of the clinical team who face the complexity, challenges and newness of General Practice. In collaboration with ForHealth, GP Synergy offers a range of wellbeing resources for GP registrars.
