Every Doctor

Leanne Rowe General Practitioner and Past Deputy Chancellor, Monash University, Australia.Vihangi Abeygunawandana Intensive Care Registrar, Northern Health, Australia.Michael Kidd General Practitioner and Past President, World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA).

"Michael, Vihangi and Leanne are indeed the best doctors to author Every Doctor because they have demonstrated in this book how much they understand about us as medical practitioners, as leaders and advocates, and about our journeys and our future. They share precious experience and offer precious advice." - Dr Donald Li, Hong Kong, China; Past President, World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA)."This book will challenge, question and support us to be more aware of both the risks we run as doctors, and how we can deal with them effectively and fruitfully. Read it alone, or with colleagues, and then discuss – it will be worth it." - Professor Amanda Howe OBE, Past President of the Royal College of General Practitioners, UK; Past President, World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA)."Many healthcare professionals view their future, and their patients’ futures, with dismay, feeling theirs is a profession under siege. This book has many fine and practical suggestions for improving one’s life as a clinician. All of these recommendations – and more besides -- come with practical exercises to help clinicians to manage them. For this reason, I would recommend this brief book, not just for every doctor, but also for any health care professional … the kind of caring and active listening encouraged by Rowe and Kidd strengthens the bond between patient and professional and assures the patient the clinician will always be there for them. This book will help clinicians be more resilient and less liable to feel "under seige" - Philip C Hébert MD PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sunnybrook, Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada."What a gift this would’ve been when I first started as a doctor, a four-part blueprint for self-care not just physically but mentally, a guide to shaping medical workplaces that are fair and nurture rather than crush its workers, a reminder that our tribe of fellow health practitioners can be our strongest supporters, and a call to action not to sell ourselves short as powerful medical leaders... It’s real stories from our colleagues brave enough to share their vulnerable times that only strengthen the bonds of collegiality and remind us not to always expect plain sailing... I highly recommend." - Grant Blashki, practising GP, Lead Clinical Advisor for beyondblue, and an Associate Professor at the Nossal Institute and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

• Part 1: Every Doctor prioritising psychological and physical protection first 1. Re-writing personal stories of hope2. Staying mentally strong under pressure 3. Making time for what matters most4. Reassessing goals in all dimensions of life 5. Rethinking optimism with self compassion6. Preventing and managing burnout7. Sleeping well naturally night or day 8. Nurturing loving relationships at home9. Trusting our own treating doctor Part 2: Every Doctor promoting healthy workplace cultures, fairness and safety 10. Co-creating kinder cultures and clinical teams 11. Responding to challenging interactions with patients 12. Learning from mistakes, complaints and clinical incidents 13. Calling out conscious and unconscious biases 14. Eliminating discrimination, racism, sexual harassment, and bullying 15. Confronting Narcissistic Personality Disorder16. Preventing and managing patient initiated violencePart 3: Every Doctor building strong relationships by sharing challenges17. Mentoring every junior doctor 18. Preventing and identifying mental injury 19. Reducing mental illness stigma20. Helping colleagues seek early mental health care 21. Improving every doctors’ mental health literacy 22. Supporting colleagues with mental illness23. Learning from loss, grief and serious physical illness Part 4: Every Doctor saving lives through medical co-leadership24. Making medical organisations work for us25. Practising leadership values and ethics 26. Advocating through publishing and public speaking 27. Honouring inspirational stories of medical co-leadership 28. In conclusion Index