This Generation with Dr Sam Hazledine

Tash is a Paediatric Registrar at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Like many, Tash found the long hours working in stressful and unsupported roles as a junior doctor difficult. At breaking point, Tash decided to take a year off to locum and re-discover her passion for medicine. Listen to her exceptional story here. 

Director of Fit for Work and former President of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, David Beaumont, is a passionate advocate of occupational health. Fit for Work assists people across New Zealand in getting back into work after injury and illness. In this interview, David discusses what doctors and the industry can do to support doctors’ health and wellbeing.

Professor Diego De Leo is one of the world’s leading researchers in suicide and suicide prevention. He was the Director of the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) from 1997-2015, is a past president of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the International Academy for Suicide Research.

Warning: This podcast covers suicide, which may be distressing to some readers. If you need help, contact Lifeline at 0800 543 354 or text at 4357 (HELP).

Gareth knows that being a doctor can be as challenging as it is rewarding, and he believes it’s important for all doctors to find a passion that goes beyond the workplace in order to stay fresh when it matters most. He believes his passion for polar expeditions has made him a better doctor.

In his pro bono work, Dr Demaio co-founded NCDFREE, a global social movement against noncommunicable diseases using social media, short film, and leadership events – reaching more than 2.5 million people in its first 18 months. Then, in 2015, he founded festival21, assembling and leading a team of knowledge leaders in staging a massive and unprecedented, free celebration of community, food, culture, and future in his hometown Melbourne.