Skip to main content

The University of Sydney - Sydney Medical School
Current students

  • Sydney Medical School
  • University Home
  • Contact us
You are here: Home / Current students / Student Support / Health & staying well / Resources
  • Essential information
    • Overview
    • Medical Program
    • Postgraduate coursework
    • Research students
    • International students
    • Graduation
    • Maps
    • FAQs
  • Enrolment & variations
    • Enrolment
    • Candidature changes
  • Policies & forms
    • All forms and policies
    • Medical Program
    • Postgraduate coursework
    • Postgraduate research
    • Dispute resolution
    • Special arrangements
  • Costs & assistance
    • Local students
    • International students
    • Scholarships & prizes
    • Research support schemes
  • Student Support
    • Overview
    • Students as parents
    • Health & staying well
    • Careers
    • Rural issues
    • Student support at clinical schools
    • Other groups with advice
    • Who can I approach if I need help?
    • Staying on track
    • International students
    • Worried about a friend?
    • Finance, employment & housing links
Student Support
  • Overview
  • Students as parents
  • Health & staying well
    • Disability services
    • Stress & burnout
    • Workshops
    • Resources
    • Spirituality in medicine
  • Careers
  • Rural issues
  • Student support at clinical schools
  • Other groups with advice
  • Who can I approach if I need help?
  • Staying on track
  • International students
  • Worried about a friend?
  • Finance, employment & housing links

Student services resources

silhouettes


  • Useful phone numbers

  • Useful websites

  • Useful books

  • Useful information and worksheets

  • Guided relaxation and meditation excercises

Peer reviewed articles

Articles specifically relating to medical student/postgraduate wellbeing are also well worth a read. Below are some recent articles of interest.

  • “A Conceptual Model of Medical Student Well-Being: Promoting Resilience and Preventing Burnout” Dunn LB, Iglewicz A, Moutier C, Academic Psychiatry 2008; 32:44-53. (PDF)
  • “The learning environment and medical student burnout: a multicentre study”. Dyrbye LN, Thomas MR, Harper W, Massie FS Jr, Power DV, Eacker A, Szydlo DW, Novotny PJ, Sloan JA, Shanafelt TD. Med Educ. 2009 Mar;43(3):274-82 (PDF)
  • “Burnout and psychiatric morbidity in new medical graduates” Willcock SM, Daly MG, Tennant CC, Allard BJ. MJA 2004; 181 (7): 357-360.
  • "Association of an Educational Program in Mindful Communication With Burnout, Empathy, and Attitudes Among Primary Care Physicians" Krasner M, Epstein R, Beckman H, Suchman A, Chapman B, Mooney C, et al. JAMA. 2009;302(12):1284-1293. (PDF)

© 2002-2012 The University of Sydney. Last updated: 11-Jan-2010  

ABN: 15 211 513 464. CRICOS number: 00026A. Phone: +61 2 9351 2222.

Authorised by: Executive Officer, Sydney Medical School.

Contact the University | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility |