Every Doctor
Healthier Doctors = Healthier Patients
WONCA Family Medicine Series

Every Doctor is about thriving in medicine at a time of massive advances and changes in global health systems and medical services. The book is a must-read for doctors of all specialties at all stages of their careers wherever they practise in the world, because exemplary care of patients, peers, profession and self is a lifelong journey.

Section 1: Every doctor can improve their physical and mental health to provide patient care of the highest standard 1. Discovering our ‘mighty purpose’ 2. Experiencing joy and beauty in medicine 3. Taking control of our time 4. Strengthening our personal resilience 5. Nurturing strong relationships at home 6. Trusting our own doctor 7. Prioritising our wellness and physical health 8. Dealing with immense stress 9. Living with loss, grief and serious illness 10. Seeking help for mental health problems early Section 2: Every doctor can work with colleagues to create a healthier and happier medical culture 11. Creating healthier clinical teams 12. Managing challenging behaviours together 13. Learning from complaints and clinical errors to change systems of care 14. Calling out conscious and unconscious biases 15. Eliminating sexual harassment, discrimination and bullying 16. Preventing and managing patient-initiated violence 17. Supporting colleagues to respond to serious mental illness 18. Looking after our physical environment Section 3: Every doctor can lead and influence positive changes in their workplaces every day 19. Medical leadership research 20. Practical aspects of medical leadership 21. Contributing to global, national and local medical membership organisations 22. The why and how of healthy everyday medical leadership

Leanne Rowe is an experienced family doctor and Clinical Professor at Monash University, Australia, who has cared for other doctors as patients for many years. She has been awarded for her work as a past Chairman of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Deputy Chancellor of Monash University.

Michael Kidd is also an experienced family doctor, current Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Canada, Professorial Fellow with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, a past President of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), and past president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.