VICDOC Summer 2025 - Flipbook - Page 36
Peer Visitor Program
Cultivating connections and collegiality
Humans are inherently social beings.
The quality of our social relationships has
a significant impact on our health,
happiness, and longevity.
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Even in a crowd, it is easy to feel lonely
Originally launched by AMA Victoria
without genuine, ongoing connection.
in 2012, the Peer Visitor Program was
For some doctors, retiring from the
designed to tackle isolation by
familiar environment of medical practice
providing companionship to elderly or
can bring feelings of isolation and a loss
retired doctors – particularly those living
of connection with colleagues and the
in aged care, although home visits are
medical profession at large.
conducted as well.
