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PHR: Educational Courses and Seminars

The Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation believes that education is the path to recognition, and thus assistance, for physicians who need help with substance use disorders, depression, cognitive impairment, or other problems that may disrupt professional and/or personal lives. 

The PHR committee offers several one-hour courses, all of which have been designated as ethics and/or professional responsibility education.  Courses are given upon request to county medical societies, hospitals, and other entities. 

They also are available on the TMA website and as home study materials.  An administrative fee is charged for all venues.

Home study courses – contact Linda Kuhn, (512) 370-1342, linda.kuhn@texmed.org

Live presentations – contact Sharon Chicano, (512) 370-1343, sharon.chicano@texmed.org

Online and Home Study Courses

• Communication Skills: Why Bother? 
• Coping with Stress in the Practice of Medicine 
• Depression and Suicide in Physicians
• Effective Strategies for Tobacco Cessation
• Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Managing Patients With Pain
• Ethical Aspects of Monitoring Physicians in Recovery
• Ethical Considerations in Physician Aging and Retirement
• How to Create and Maintain Life Balance
• Maintenance of Professional Boundaries and Effective Management of Challenging Patient Encounters
• Patient Safety and Peer Assistance
• Psychiatric Illness and Disruptive Behavior in Physicians
• Spirituality and Medicine
• Substance Use Disorders in Physicians: Identification and Intervention
• The Art and Science of Happiness
• The Family in Addiction and Recovery   

Live Presentations

• Communication Skills: Why Bother?
• Depression and Suicide in Physicians
• Disruptive Behavior in Physicians: Professional and Ethical Considerations
• Effective Management of Challenging Patient Encounters
• Effective Strategies for Tobacco Cessation
• Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Managing Patients With Pain
• How to Create and Maintain Life Balance
• Intervention for Physicians Who May be Impaired
• Maintaining Professional Boundaries
• Monitoring Physicians in Recovery
• Our Colleagues, Ourselves: Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Physicians
• Patient Safety and Peer Assistance
• Physician Stress and Burnout
• Recognizing and Addressing Illnesses in the Aging Physician
• Spirituality and Medicine
• Substance Use Disorders in Physicians
• Successful Retirement: Professional, Personal, and Ethical Issues
• The Art and Science of Happiness
• The Family in Addiction and Recovery
• Understanding and Coping with Malpractice Litigation

PHR Seminars

In addition, the PHR committee sponsors conferences during the year, including an annual retreat for volunteers, training session for education team members, and a fall program that discusses various topics.  These conferences are generally four to eight hours in length. 

Physician Well-Being and Loss in Medicine: How to Become a Winner
Sept. 10-11, Fredericksburg

Family Systems: The Impact of Marriage and Family on Physicians
Sept. 18, Lubbock
Nov. 6, San Antonio

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Last Published: 6/14/2010