📍Research alert! Hand-n-Hand conducted and published a survey into the experiences of peer support participants from 2020 to 2021. Peer support was found to be accessible and helpful for healthcare workers at different stages of their careers. handnhand.org.au/post/experienc…

Today is our 3rd birthday!🎉 Our founder Dr Tahnee Bridson wrote a letter to the Hand-n-Hand community on this special day, to look back on the success we’ve achieved, and look forward to all the exciting development to come. Read the letter here: handnhand.org.au/post/dr-tahnee…

Hello Twitter. I am not currently fine and truthfully I feel like been steadily getting worse for months. I don’t know when I’ll feel like me again, if ever. Like I’ve forever lost a part of who I am to mental illness. I just want to see sunshine again, and not constant darkness

Hey all. Have a listen to the latest episode of the RANZCP Psych Matters podcast. psychmatters.ranzcp.org/1072258/131062… I joined Dr Israel Berger and Dr Vidya Narayan to discuss our lived experience of mental illness and how mental illness affects doctors

Dr Kieran Allen RANZCP Thank you so much for sharing this lived experience. We definitely need to do more to destigmatise within our profession, because this will flow through to destigmatising the patient experience.

And it's great to have you on this journey with us Rhea Liang.

100% behind these colleagues as they reshape the narrative.

The Reference groups are go! There is still time to join. Today, we are specifically looking to get membership from every College into the Supervisor's reference group. You can join here: surveymonkey.com/r/GNH6HY9 Or visit our web-page for more info: abetterculture.org.au

There seems to be general diminution of civility, and this is manifesting in many customer-facing roles - teaching, government, airlines... and healthcare. The stress people are under when seeking healthcare amplifies their pain. Explicable, but not excusable in most cases.

🎧Tune into the Thought Broadcast to hear Dr Nick O’Connor, Chair of the RANZCP Education Committee, discuss the history of the RANZCP OSCE examinations, why the recent changes were enacted & future directions for the centrally administered examinations ow.ly/8rEE50PHiCn

#WSPD23 brings together over 60 countries uniting us in our shared mission to promote #stigmareduction, advocate for policy change, encourage help seeking & honour memories of those lost to #suicide, those who have survived #suicideattempts & those who bear the weight of grief

On #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, we want to say to those working to prevent suicide and improve mental health, thank you for bringing hope. Your actions truly make a difference. #WSPD23 #MentalHealthMatters

Systems to help recovery are important. Preventing harm is better. We can't prevent it all, but we aren't doing everything we could. Workplace health and safety is fit for doctors too! #PsychologicalSafety #ABetterCulture Leanne Rowe insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/36/every-…

Entering the Lived Experience Australia Award is simple – #RANZCPtrainees, complete all 5 Collaboration, Communication & Cooperation between Health Professionals modules in Learnit + a 500 word reflection by 31 Oct and you’re in with a chance to win $1000 #RANZCPawards ow.ly/wObS50PYS31

It’s time to improve the culture of healthcare. Hear from Dr Jillann Farmer, CEO of the ‘A Better Culture’ project, which aims to create a safer, more effective workplace and challenge the system and those who drive it. Join us on 2 November at 6 pm AEDT ow.ly/rmGt50PXsCf

Last day of #mentalhealth rotation for these fabulous UniMelb MDHS future doctors! It was a pleasure to return from maternity leave to teach one last rotation for the year. Thank you to University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry for supporting the visibility of #motherhood. #MedTwitter

Wonderful chance to stand up and share my thoughts at Gathering Of Kindness today. Patient, carer, doctor, nurse... Ultimately we are all PEOPLE who must seek care from time to time. Viewing each other this way, we are much more capable of kindness without the power structures involved.

Your contributions through your research in this space are invaluable @AliciaJeanKing

Landmark outcome supports goal to eliminate racism from Australian healthcare. An ACT doctor has been prohibited from providing any health service & can't apply for registration for 12mos after a ruling over discriminatory & offensive behaviour. Read more: bit.ly/3QIwsaA

Banning gambling ads is essential to reduce harm but doesn't go far enough. Losses on pokies are double that of online gambling. People lose up to $1200 an hour on pokies in NSW. Mandatory pre-commitment and reduction of max bets to $1 a spin are critical. tinyurl.com/pokiesharm