Member and Trainee Wellbeing

April 2020

EM Wellness Week in a time of COVID-19

ACEM and RCEM joint statement

Emergency Medicine Wellness Week: We've got this

March 2020
“At this time, I would also like to highlight the importance of looking after our wellness, and the wellness of our colleagues, both physical and mental.

I also encourage all members, trainees and staff to continue self-monitoring for any symptoms of febrile or respiratory illness, and to follow the advice of local health authorities should they have any concerns.

We are in for some challenging times ahead, but our training, skills and expertise, as well as the support we offer each other, will get us through.” - Dr John Bonning FACEM, President

(ACEM member and trainee access only)

The ACEM Wellbeing Network is an online hub for members and trainees to access virtual conversations, the College support program and resources related to managing wellbeing. 

• TREAT app by Alfred Health (added 15/04/2020)
• Smiling Mind: Healthcare Workers mindfulness program (added 20/05/2020)
• TEN - The Essential Network for health professionals (added 20/11/2020)

• Emergency clinician wellbeing during Covid-19 (added 14/04/2020)
• Emergency Responders: Tips for taking care of yourself (added 20/4/2020)
• You and COVID-19: Complex mental health issues in a pandemic (added 11/05/2020)
• Maintaining our human connection (added 11/05/2020)
• Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure (added 15/05/2020)
• Minding Health Care Workers: Psychological responses of health care workers
  during the Covid pandemic (added 21/05/2020)
• Connection: How connected are you? (added 26/05/2020)
• Awareness: mandatory reporting (added 26/05/2020)
• Anticipatory Anxiety (added 26/05/2020)
• A new guide to managing moral injury in healthcare workers during COVID-19 (added 28/08/2020)
• Clinical event debriefing: a review of approaches and objectives (added 09/09/2020)

• Start your own staff resus trolley (added 15/04/2020)
• Phases of Staff Wellbeing (added 22/04/2020)
• Develop a COVID-19 Personal Wellbeing Plan (added 22/4/2020)
• Staff Wellness Support Plan (added 05/05/20)
• Heads Up: Developing a workplace mental health strategy (added 06/08/2020)
• Screen yourself for symptoms of burnout (added 28/08/2020)
• Promoting the mental health of health services staff (added 09/09/2020)
• RANZCP Keeping yourself well (added 09/09/2020)
• Take care of You, tips and techniques guide (added 10/12/2020)

• Australasian Doctors’ Health Network
• 1737: Aotearoa New Zealand mental health & addictions helpline
• AMA Victoria; Peer Support Service (added 22/04/2020)
• Hand-n-Hand: COVID-19 healthcare workers peer support network (added 24/04/2020)
• Drs4Drs: developed by the medical profession for the medical profession (added 24/04/2020
• Samaritans Aotearoa New Zealand: telephone support line (added 05/05/2020)
• Mind Coaching Australia – mindfulness sessions for frontline clinicians (updated 20/07/2020)
• Queensland Doctors Health Programme: for doctors, by doctors (added 22/05/2020)
• RANZCP Find a psychiatrist (added 29/07/2020)
• Freerthinking Kindness Cafe (Victorians only): a virtual cafe with social change maker Mary Freer (added 5/08/2020)
• Victorian Medical Benevolent Association: short term financial support (added 06/08/2020)

• Clinician wellbeing in the time of COVID-19 (added 14/04/2020)
• Don’t Forget the Bubbles COVID Clinician Care (added 20/4/2020)
• Wellbeing during a pandemic – a WRaP EM module (added 22/04/2020)
• Ten Percent Happier Podcast: Loneliness & Belonging with Dan Harris (added 24/04/2020)
• WRaP EM Podcasts: Physician Wellness (added 24/04/2020)
• Resilience and Wellbeing During COVID-19 by Jill Klein (added 18/05/2020)
• Staying well: finding a psychiatrist (added 26/05/2020)
• Managing Panic Attacks Using Breathing (added 26/05/2020)
• When Peer Support Is Not Enough—Referring Colleagues with Severe COVID-19-Related Stress by ECRI (added 29/07/2020)
• Wellbeing – A Quality and Safety Issue by Dane Chalkley (added 29/07/2020)
• Podcast: What is this Wellbeing thing? Wellbeing in the ED. What is it all about? (added 06/08/2020)
• Basic Psychosocial Skills; A Guide for COVID-19 Responders: how to integrate psychosocial support (added 06/08/2020)
• Healthcare worker wellbeing - beyond flattening the curve (added 09/09/2020)
• Thriving in Healthcare (added 20/10/2020)
• Self-care and wellbeing while working on the healthcare frontline (added 20/10/2020)
• Fostering a culture of safety during COVID-19 (added 10/12/2020)

• WRaP EM: focused on the development and wellbeing of healthcare professionals
• Coronavirus.BeyondBlue: Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service (added 24/04/2020)
• MyCompass: A personalised self-help tool for your mental health (added 24/04/2020)
• Pandemic Kindness Movement - created by clinicians to support all health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (added 15/05/2020)
• Self-Care for Doctors During Covid-19 Outbreak (added 21/05/2020)
• Head to Health: find the right digital mental health resources for your needs (added 28/08/2020)
• Getting through together (added 20/11/2020)

• WRaP EM COVID-19 posters – ED team (added 16/04/2020)
• WRaP EM COVID-19 posters – family safety (added 16/04/2020)
• WRaP EM COVID-19 posters – stay safe (added 16/04/2020)
• Phases of Staff Wellbeing (added 22/04/2020)
• Fatigue: the facts (added 11/05/2020) 
• Queensland Doctors Health Programme: for doctors, by doctors (added 22/05/2020)

• Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance: reduce stress and improve your wellbeing and performance. (added 17/08/2020)