As a medical professional, one of the greatest dangers in the healthcare field is impaired decision-making. If a healthcare provider enters a patient’s room and is unable to properly weigh the treatment options, they are more likely to make a medical error. Often, impairment in decision-making comes as a result of an underlying addiction. When…
When troubling events occur at your place of employment, how do you deal with trauma from work afterwards? To the average layperson, “workplace trauma” means a random shooting incident, sexual harassment, or assault. But if your career is in healthcare, you probably experience other forms of trauma multiple times each week: New waves of COVID-19…
Providence Treatment’s Healthcare Professionals Programs for Physicians Providence Treatment has many years of experience in working with Pennsylvania Physicians’ Health Programs (PA-PHP) and their healthcare professionals (participants) including physicians. When we receive a request from PHP, we perform an independent assessment with the participant. This assessment may take from one (1) to two (2) days, depending…
Federation of State Physician Health Program’s Annual Education Conference & Business Meeting 2017 will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 – 1:00pm to Saturday, April 22, 2017 – 12:00pm at Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel in Fort Worth, TX with its agenda focusing on Restoring Physician Satisfaction and Wellness in an Era of Burnout, Mental Illness,…
Physicians make a significant commitment to their training and subsequently to their profession in caring for others. There is tremendous self sacrifice in the service of building knowledge and experience to handle serious medical dilemmas for their patients. It is probably not surprising that a physician can have difficulty asking for help for themselves. Many…