From the AiT Committee

摘要

Doctors' wellbeing has entered the spotlight in 2016 and rightly so. More than ever we are aware of the tightrope of personal and institutional sustainability in medicine and particularly in general practice. The Practitioner Health Programme in London has seen a continuing reduction in the age of doctors presenting to their service, with 54 now being under the age of 35 (Gerada, 2016), compared with just a quarter in 2008 and 2009 (Cerada, Jones, Wessely, 2014). These latest figures do not reflect the demographic of doctors in the UK, with just 28 of doctors on the General Medical Council register being under 35 (Gerada, Jones Wessely, 2014). The threats to young doctors' wellbeing are multifactorial and complex, including high work load, long hours, constant workplace rotation, separation from partners and families, exposure to traumatic events and the sense of an external locus of control on our lives.