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Doctors with a physical or mental illness, cognitive decline, or substance use disorder may be impaired in their ability to provide safe care.

Professor Marie Bismark and Dr Yamna Taouk conducted a 10-year cohort study linking de-identified workforce data with health impairment notifications made to AHPRA between 2012 and 2022. We explored how the probability of health impairment notifications differs by doctors’ sex, age, practice location, country of training, and medical specialty.

They identified groups of doctors who are at elevated risk of health impairment notifications. Understanding these risk factors may help to support workplace health and safety for doctors while also protecting patients from harm.

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