Forsythe Rachael O, Suttie Stuart A
is a Specialty Trainee in Vascular Surgery on the Scotland Vascular Training Programme., UK. Conflicts of Interest: none.
is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon in Ninewells Vascular Unit in Dundee, UK, and is Training Programme Director for the Scottish Vascular Training Programme. Conflicts of Interest: none.
Surgery (Oxf). 2020 Oct;38(10):607-611. doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2020.07.002. Epub 2020 Aug 30.
Junior doctor wellbeing has been a topic of increasing interest in recent years. There is increasing evidence of poor workplace satisfaction, rising levels of burnout and increasing diaspora of UK-trained junior doctors. There is therefore a pressing need to address the wellbeing of our trainees and recent concerted efforts at local, national and international levels are working towards this, with the ultimate goal of also improving patient care. The tension between the personal and the professional may never be so keenly felt as during the unique challenges we are facing this year, in 2020, as we tackle the biggest global health emergency of our lives brought about by COVID-19. There are many positive examples of new initiatives aimed at supporting the medical community at this time; however, we must all work together to sustain these endeavors in post-pandemic times. We here summarize a number of pertinent issues affecting trainee wellbeing, outline current attempts at addressing these and make further suggestions as how to enhance the working lives of our junior doctors. However there is much still to be done.
近年来,初级医生的身心健康问题越来越受到关注。越来越多的证据表明,工作场所满意度较低、职业倦怠程度不断上升,以及在英国接受培训的初级医生外流现象日益严重。因此,迫切需要关注我们培训学员的身心健康,近期在地方、国家和国际层面所做的协同努力正朝着这一目标迈进,其最终目标是改善患者护理。个人需求与职业要求之间的矛盾,可能从未像我们在2020年今年所面临的独特挑战中那样强烈地感受到,当时我们正在应对由COVID-19引发的一生中最大的全球卫生紧急事件。目前有许多旨在支持医疗界的新举措的积极范例;然而,我们必须共同努力,在疫情后时代维持这些努力。我们在此总结了一些影响培训学员身心健康的相关问题,概述了当前为解决这些问题所做的努力,并就如何改善初级医生的工作生活提出了进一步建议。然而,仍有许多工作要做。