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Every Doctor, Every Setting: a national framework to guide coordinated action on the mental health of doctors and medical students, 2019 [website]. https://lifeinmind.org.au/every-doctor-every-setting (viewed Feb 2022). For many years, the Australasian Doctors' Health Network (http://www.adhn.org.au/) of doctors' health services has provided confidential helplines for medical practitioners. Keywords: Doctors' health; Health policy; Education, professional EN Doctors' health Health policy Education, professional 338 341 4 09/27/22 20221001 NES 221001 Coordinated systemic change and enhanced access to care are needed to improve doctors' wellbeing Over the past decade, there has been growing recognition of the prevalence of psychological distress across the medical profession and that practitioner wellbeing has significant implications for patient safety. [Extracted from the article]

Follow-up data were only available in 1326 out of 17 337 (7.6%) in one,[5] and 651 out of 15 496 (reported as 3.1%) in the other.[6] Although numbers in the preprint were larger, there were data on only 4.08% at 90-day follow-up.[3] Notably, Rickwood and colleagues do not provide any detailed rebuttal of our conclusion that outcomes, when available, are disappointing. 2 Kisely S, Looi JCL Latest evidence casts further doubt on the effectiveness of headspace. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on characterisation of medical expertise as a core skill set of medical practice at all levels of medical education and practice, and talks of Canadian curriculum initiative CanMEDS, need for learning, decision making and expert performance, and need for biomedical knowledge.