Wellbeing advocates must have knowledge and an interest in wellbeing and have the ability to perform a guidance role and offer support to those in need in a confidential manner.
Their role is to offer "wellbeing first aid" in the first instance and should then refer trainees or colleagues to relevant professional personnel for further advice or assistance if required. For more information please see RD26 Wellbeing Advocate. Wellbeing Advocate Networks are now in New Zealand and the various Australian regions. Should you wish to join your local network, or register as a wellbeing advocate, please contact the membership team.
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We support a number of services and initiatives which are underpinned by our commitment outlined in our Doctors' Health and Wellbeing Framework.
As part of our ongoing support for our fellows, trainees, and SIMGs, ANZCA has engaged the professional services of Converge International – a confidential and independent counselling and coaching program.
Our Critical Incident Debriefing Toolkit provides a comprehensive, evidence-based resource on what are critical incidents, how to provide support and a hot debrief following a critical incident. It can be read in sections or as a whole.
We have developed a directory of doctors' health advisory services and helplines in Australia and New Zealand.
ANZCA considers bullying, discrimination and harassment unacceptable behaviour that will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Fellows and trainees acting as college representatives are responsible for ensuring an environment free of this behaviour.
The TWPG helps to provide trainees with tangible and practical outcomes to support their wellbeing and their engagement with the college.
The ANZCA doctors health and wellbeing framework informs our strategic and operational efforts in the wellbeing space.
Find out what else we're doing to improve doctors' health and wellbeing.
This toolkit is a resource to support anaesthesia departments and individual anaesthetists to operationalise a framework they can put into action.
The aim of the Wellbeing SIG is to promote personal wellbeing and to heighten awareness of wellbeing issues in anaesthetists and pain medicine specialists. The group is an informative, educative and referral group; it has no therapeutic role.