Journal article
“I’m Really Glad that You’re Doing this Research”. Qualitative Research Involving Doctors With Lived Experience of Mental Health or Substance Use Challenges in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
OM Bradfield, MJ Spittal, MM Bismark
International Journal of Qualitative Methods | Published : 2023
Abstract
Background: Doctors with a history of mental health or substance use challenges face barriers accessing treatment and are difficult to recruit for research. This makes understanding their experiences challenging, yet essential. Overcoming barriers to research participation among unwell doctors is critical to advancing their overall health and wellbeing. Methods: A qualitative interview study of 21 allegedly impaired doctors in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand who were subject to regulatory processes relating to their health. Based in an interpretative phenomenological paradigm, this paper examines participants’ motivations for participation in this study and their reactions to participatin..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Owen Bradfield was funded by the Australian Government on a 2020 Melbourne Research Scholarship, by the Australian-American Fulbright Commission and the Kinghorn Foundation on a 2020 Fulbright Future Scholarship, and by the Avant Foundation on a 2021 Grant. Matthew Spittal was funded by the Australian Government on an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT180100075). Marie Bismark was funded by the Australian Government on a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant (APP1195984).