Topic: Impaired Physician
Strong backs, soft fronts, wild hearts You can listen or read the transcript of the podcast -- discussion of belonging, race, the shields we put up that interfere with our conversation and how to overcome.
Contributor: Francesca CiminoMarch 12, 2018Topics: Bias / Communication / Illness & Disability / Impaired Physician / Mindfulness / Personal Context / Perspective / Provider-Patient Relationship / Racism / sexismKeywords: belonging / gender / Guilt / perspective / racism / sexism / shame
Intervention to Promote Physician Well-being, Job Satisfaction, and Professionalism: A Randomized Clinical Trial This small RCT supports the value of facilitated small group curriculum in improving meaning at work and reducing depersonalization.
Suicide Risk in Physicians This 26-minute podcast explores the burden of medical trainee/physician suicide and discusses barriers physician face in seeking help. Shame! Self-stigmatisation as an obstacle to sick doctors returning to work: a qualitative study Shame, invincibility, self-stigmatization...a fascinating study of the difficult and complicated process of returning to work for impaired physicians.
Contributor: Jennifer ChangFebruary 26, 2018Topics: Addiction / Guilt & Shame / Illness & Disability / Impaired Physician / Resilience / Vulnerability Measuring a doctor's performance: personality, health and well-being This editorial discusses the individual and system complexities affecting physician performance and calls for improved remediation processes within the British health system.
Contributor: Jennifer ChangFebruary 26, 2018Topics: Burnout / Guilt & Shame / Illness & Disability / Impaired Physician / Personality / Resilience
Dealing with the Impaired Physician 
Do Physicians Health Programs Increase Physician Suicides? Log-In required (registration is free). Dr. Pamela Wible is a family physician who has herself struggled with suicide, and is now an expert in medical student and physician suicide prevention.
The Impaired Physician Dr. Richard Gunderman, a pediatric radiologist, presents an overview of physician impairment.