Tag: medical students

Medical training is more stressful than the army

October 31, 2018

A recent systematic literature review of physician suicide confirmed that doctors now have the highest suicide rate of any profession and stated that:

“It’s very surprising that the suicide rate among physicians is higher than among those in the military, which is considered a very stressful occupation.” … More Medical training is more stressful than the army

Medical education – stop fragmenting it further and restore it to its true whole

April 3, 2018

We must choose to care for ourselves and each other and to stand together as a whole body of practitioners when it comes to issues such as the fragmentation of medical education which threaten to destroy our profession and the way it is practised. … More Medical education – stop fragmenting it further and restore it to its true whole