TY - JOUR AU - Kemp, Sandra AU - Hu, Wendy AU - Bishop, Jo AU - Forrest, Kirsty AU - Hudson, Judith N. AU - Wilson, Ian AU - Teodorczuk, Andrew AU - Rogers, Gary D. AU - Roberts, Chris AU - Wearn, Andy PY - 2019 DA - 2019/03/04 TI - Medical student wellbeing – a consensus statement from Australia and New Zealand JO - BMC Medical Education SP - 69 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Medical student wellbeing – a consensus statement from Australia and New Zealand outlines recommendations for optimising medical student wellbeing within medical schools in our region. Worldwide, medical schools have responsibilities to respond to concerns about student psychological, social and physical wellbeing, but guidance for medical schools is limited. To address this gap, this statement clarifies key concepts and issues related to wellbeing and provides recommendations for educational program design to promote both learning and student wellbeing. The recommendations focus on student selection; learning, teaching and assessment; learning environment; and staff development. Examples of educational initiatives from the evidence-base are provided, emphasising proactive and preventive approaches to student wellbeing. SN - 1472-6920 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1505-2 DO - 10.1186/s12909-019-1505-2 ID - Kemp2019 ER -