Everyone needs help sometimes.
Know that you are not alone, and that you have the support of everyone here at WAMSS. Click through the panels to learn more about the ways in which you can get the help you need!
University Support
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LMS: organisations → MD Program Community Site → Student Support → I need help!
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Leave and special consideration
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Bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment on clinical placement resource
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Sub-Deans
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Doctor’s Health Advisory Service Western Australia (DHASWA)
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24/7 confidential support line for medical students, if you are in distress, want to debrief or want to speak to a friendly doctor call 08 9321 3098
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'Drs for Drs' program: gives medical students fast-tracked and discounted/bulk billed GP and psychologist appointments.
WAMSS
If you are feeling more down than usual, don’t enjoy things you normally do, have been feeling particularly anxious or nervous, know that you are not alone.
As if being a medical student in itself wasn’t enough to keep you busy, these days we get to spend extra time worrying about what it means to be a medical student in the time of COVID!
Whether this be how to manage hospital placements and PPE, what our vaccination requirements are, what we do if we are a close contact, or even if we get COVID ourselves. This page will hopefully help you with answering some of these questions.
Doctors are in a unique position. They encourage patients to seek help and treatment for mental health conditions, but are less likely to actually seek help themselves. This is despite the fact that Australian and international studies generally report doctors having higher rates of mental health conditions than the general population.
Congratulations! You have gotten through the long, hard slog of pre-clinical and are now ready to apply your learning in the clinical environment!
You’ve got questions. WAMSS has some tips for you before you start your clinical placements.
Bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment is unfortunately commonly experienced by medical students, but it is never acceptable.
WAMSS and the Medical School collaborated to produce a resource for students about bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment.
This is aimed at a general population and is not tailored to those who have a specific diagnosis of e.g. depression, anxiety, or even non-mental health related conditions.
WAMSS has been running a number of events throughout this time to facilitate ongoing social connectedness while we have all been online.
Welcome to the COVID-19 edition of WAMSS’ I need help! page. The content here is based on the results of the COVID-19/Mental Health Survey.
We went to collect all the different COVID-19 resources we had seen floating around the internet, and found Life in Mind Australia had already done it for us!
It’s a very comprehensive list. It includes general info about COVID, mental health information sheets, in a time of COVID, online help services, specific help services: eating disorders, rural health, LGBTI, children’s mental health, and much more!
