Letter to the Physician

Dear Doctor:

Thank you for inquiring about AMA/PRA Category 1 CME through the course, Psychiatric Disorders and Disruptive Behavior in Physicians, offered by the Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation.  This material was planned and produced in accordance with ACCME Essentials.  The course is comprised of slides and accompanying text and requires approximately two hours for study of material and completion of the CME activity evaluation.  

Target Audience: physicians of all specialties; hospital leadership.  

Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

  1. Describe common mood, anxiety, and personality issues in physicians;
  2. Recognize the risk factors for suicide in physicians;
  3. Define approaches to recognize, treat, and facilitate recovery of symptomatic colleagues;
  4. State the ways they will need to modify their approach to address a colleague who exhibits mental disorder symptoms;
  5. Demonstrate behaviors that characterize ethical professional conduct;
  6. Define the concept of professionalism;
  7. Distinguish between appropriate, inappropriate, and disruptive behavior;
  8. Explain the intent of the Joint Commission leadership standard;
  9. Formulate an action plan that addresses behaviors which undermine the culture of safety;
  10. Review the ethical obligations of physicians to protect patient and public health through appropriate interventions; and
  11. Summarize intervention goals and implement processes that address disruptive behavior in physicians.  

Program Content: The module will educate participants about how to recognize signs and symptoms of mental disorders and identify patterns of disruptive behavior in physicians.  An intervention process for approaching colleagues identified as exhibiting mental disorders or disruptive behavior will be described.

Accreditation: The Texas Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

The Texas Medical Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

Ethics and/or Professional Responsibility Education: Texas Medical Association has designated this course for 2 hours of ethics and/or professional responsibility education.  

Instructions to obtain Category 1 CME credit for this activity:

  1. Two documents must be printed, completed, and returned to TMA to obtain CME credit for this activity: (1) TMA identification page and (2) CME activity evaluation.  These documents cannot be submitted online.
  2. Send the (1) TMA identification return page, (2) CME activity evaluation, and (3) administration fee ($40 member; $60 non-member) to the TMA Knowledge Center, 401 West 15th Street, Austin, TX 78701-1680, or via fax to (512) 370-1693.
  3. TMA will send a CME transcript to you by your preferred delievery method indicated on your TMA identification page after CME credits have been awarded.  You also may print your CME transcript for this activity two-three weeks after the date you submitted your paperwork at http://www.texmed.org/transcripts.
  4. Questions regarding the course should be directed to the TMA Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation, Attn: Linda Kuhn, 401 West 15th Street, Austin, TX  78701-1680, (512) 370-1342, linda.kuhn@texmed.org.

For CME documentation purposes, the date of completion of this activity will be the date the completed CME documentation is received by TMA.

The AMA advises that a physician should not claim credit for attending the same activity more than once unless there has been a substantial change in the material that has been presented. If you are unsure whether you are eligible to receive credits for this activity, you may check your CME transcript online or contact TMA.  

The PHR committee hopes this course is useful educational information and welcomes your suggestions regarding these or other educational materials you think should be made available to Texas physicians.

  

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Last Updated On

January 26, 2012

Originally Published On

March 23, 2010