2024 Resident Hospital Health Check
ASMOFQ and AMA Queensland in conjunction with the AMA Queensland Committee of Doctors in Training is pleased to announce the annual Resident Hospital Health Check.
The Resident Hospital Health Check is an anonymous survey which provides you with the opportunity to ensure your voice is heard regarding:
- access to professional development leave
- hours of work and overtime
- hospital facilities
- workplace culture including bullying and harassment
This survey is open to all doctors in training including:
- Interns (PGY1)
- Junior House Officers (PGY2)
- Senior House Officers (PGY3)
- Principal House Officers and Registrars
2024 Resident Hospital Health Check
2024 Resident Hospital Health Check - media release
Ward Call Survey 2024
In 2023-24, the AMA Queensland Committee of Doctors in Training (CDT) conducted the inaugural Ward Call Survey of junior doctors, including Interns, Registrars, Junior House Officers (JHOs), Senior House Officers (SHOs), and Principal House Officers (PHOs), in Queensland public hospitals. A total of 280 junior doctors completed the survey. Its results will be used to inform advocacy and policy making in this area.
Media
Media releases
- Junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Brisbane region junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Bundaberg junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Cairns junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Gold Coast junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Hervey Bay junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Mackay junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Rockhampton junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Sunshine Coast junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
- Toowoomba junior doctors feel unsafe, fatigued at work
Transcripts
- Dr Nick Yim, ABC Radio Brisbane, Friday 15 November 2024 - Gold Coast junior doctors fear making fatigue-based errors
- Dr Elise Witter, ABC Radio Brisbane, Friday 15 November 2024 - Junior doctors concerned for their safety
- Dr Nick Yim, ABC Radio Sunshine Coast, Monday 18 November 2024 - Doctors reporting safety concerns on the Sunshine Coast
Media results
- Dr Nick Yim, ABC Radio Brisbane, Friday 15 November 2024 - Gold Coast junior doctors fear making fatigue-based errors
- Dr Elise Witter, ABC Radio Brisbane, Friday 15 November 2024 - Junior doctors concerned for their safety
- Courier Mail editorial – Junior Doctors working in fear – to kick off the media coverage*
- ABC News article featuring Dr Nick Yim and CDT Chair Dr Elise Witter - Australian Medical Association Queensland survey finds junior doctors feel unsafe and fatigued at work
- Interviews with Dr Yim on ABC Radio Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay to discuss region specific results
- News grabs of Dr Yim on 4BC and SCA Radio stations throughout the state
- Toowoomba Chronicle article covering region specific results*
- Channel 9 coverage
- Dr Yim mentioned in The Age article on the hospitals that discouraged their doctors from responding
- RACGP Vice President Dr Michael Clements mentioned AMA Queensland in ABC Radio North Queensland segment on the RHHC
- AMA Queensland also mentioned in a Cairns Post article on upgrades to the Rockhampton Mental Health Unit *
- WIN News segment on RHHC featuring Drs Nick Yim and Elise Witter (aired from the Gold Coast all the way up to Cairns)
- Further coverage of the RHHC on Regional Radio
*behind paywall
Report cards
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2024
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2023
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2022
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2021
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2020
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2019
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2018
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2017
- AMA Queensland Resident Hospital Health Check Survey 2016
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you would like to discuss any aspect of the 2024 Resident Hospital Health Check survey in detail, please email membership@amaq.com.au. ASMOFQ also provides confidential, assured industrial relations advice to members on employment terms and conditions, or any industrial matter that may be causing you concern. Contact the team on (07) 3872 2222 or email asmofqld@asmof.org.au.
Not a member of AMA Queensland and ASMOFQ? You can join at ama.com.au/join-ama to receive support and guidance on employment matters in addition to a range of professional development programs, services and benefits to support your career in medicine.