Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Mar 2022
Burnout in rehabilitation medicine trainees: a call for more research.
Burnout is recognised as a significant occupational hazard for medical professionals. For graduate trainees, across various medical specialties, there is growing evidence burnout results in personal harm and reduces the quality of patient care. Rehabilitation medicine, with its challenge of emotional exhaustion bought about by greater involvement in patient psychosocial well-being over a prolonged period, is significantly under-represented in research into burnout prevalence, impact and prevention strategies. We argue the lack of any evidence base in the Australian healthcare context negatively impacts the ability of training organisations to appropriately support trainees experiencing burnout.
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Internal medicine journal · Mar 2022
Mixed gender accommodation: prevalence, trend over time and vulnerability of older adults.
Admitting male and female patients to the same room compromises the safety of female patients and violates the rights of all patients. We demonstrate that mixed bedding is common (47.22% of admissions), increasing and disproportionately affects vulnerable older patients in a large New Zealand hospital from 2011 to 2019 (n = 160 048). Eliminating mixed bedding should be a priority for our hospital system.
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Internal medicine journal · Mar 2022
Letter Case ReportsChicken or the egg: an unusual presentation of Crohn's disease.