Impairment
Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
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Additional Benefits Available to Residents on UHS Contract using UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Psychiatry Psychiatrists - call 210-567-5430 (and identifiy yourself as a resident or fellow)
- Outpatient Mental Health
60 outpatient visits per year for "serious mental illness"
20 outpatient visits per year for non-serious illnesses - Inpatient Mental Health
45 days, maximum per year of acute inpatient treatment of "serious mental illness" in acute inpatient, crisis stabilization unit, or child and adolescent residential treatment center. - Alcohol/Chemical Dependence
All medically necessary outpatient services are covered
UTHSCSA Presentations
- Coming Soon!
Articles/Bibliographies
- Model Curriculum on Drug Abuse and Addition for Residents in Anesthesiology
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Boon K, Turner J. Ethical and professional conduct of medical students: review of current assessment measures and controversies. J Med Ethics 2004;2:221 –226.
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Centrella M. Physician addiction and impairment—current thinking: a review. J Addict Dis 1994;13:91–105.
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Epstein RM, Hundert EM. Defining and assessing professional competence. JAMA 2002;287:226 –235.
- Yee P. Brain cramp: the emergency physician’s worst nightmare. Ann Emerg Med 2002;39:329–330.
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Walker YN. Protecting the Public: The impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on licensure considerations involving mentally impaired medical and legal professionals. J Leg Med 2004;25:441–468.
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Maillet M, Ephgrave K. Temporarily impaired surgeons and calling for help. Am J Surg 2004;187:3–5.
- Losh DP, Church L. Provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the development of essential job functions for family practice residents. Fam Med 1999;31:617–621
Online Resources
- Medical Students with Disabilities: A Generation of Practice. http://www.aamc.org/members/gsa/resources.htm
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Students with Disabilities: A Generation of Practice (PDF). https://services.aamc.org/Publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=Product.displayForm&prd_id=131&prv_id=150
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GSA - Executive Summary: The Disabled Student in Medical School. http://www.aamc.org/members/gsa/ada.htm
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Merry N. Miller, MD, K. Ramsey Mcgowen, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City. The Painful Truth: Physicians Are Not Invincible. South Med J 93(10):966-972, 2000. © 2000 Southern Medical Association http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=cph&doc=710
- TMA: Resource Document for Residency Training Program Directors
- TMA: Chemical Dependence in Physicians: Identification and Intervention
- TMA: Monitoring Physicians in Recovery
- The Family In Addiction and Recovery
- Warning Signs of Impairment
- TMA: Do You Know a Resident Who Needs Our Help?
- TMA: Substance Abuse Among Physicians: A Guide for Medical Students, Residents, & Practicing Physicians