Rural doctor health check

Rural doctors are invited to take part in a survey to support doctors’ own health, and some doctor health tips from the team at Drs4Drs.

The Rural Doctors Foundation is looking at initiatives to support health practitioners and is keen to learn about your insights and experiences as a healthcare professional working in rural or remote communities.

For this purpose, the foundation has designed a survey, which will inform the delivery of medical services to support health practitioners in rural and remote communities and looking at their most pressing challenges. The results of this research will be used to assess the potential for the introduction of additional services to provide rural and remote doctors and health practitioners with access to personal general practice healthcare services.

The survey will take approximately 10 minutes and closes Friday 27th January 2023. All information collected will remain confidential and all respondents will be de-identified. 

We encourage you to take this opportunity, have your say as a rural doctor and participate.

The survey can be accessed by clicking on this link.

For more information visit the Rural Doctors Foundation website. 

A reminder from Drs4Drs:

Whether you are a rural doctor or not, Drs4Drs continues to provide help for all doctors and medical students, as well as their partners/spouses, with the free and confidential 24/7 support services.

Each state and territory offers their own health advisory service staffed with GPs and other specialists trained in doctors’ health. To access these services, visit our website https://www.drs4drs.com.au/getting-help/.

In addition to this, we offer a dedicated confidential mental health support service, 1300 Dr4Drs (or 1300 374 377), for crisis as well as non-urgent mental health support. Please access https://www.drs4drs.com.au/getting-help/ for more information.