Consistency Between State Medical License Applications and Recommendations Regarding Physician Mental Health

Daniel Saddawi-Konefka; Ariel Brown; Isabella Eisenhart; Katharine Hicks; Eileen Barrett; Jessica A Gold

doi:10.1001/jama.2021.2275

Consistency Between State Medical License Applications and Recommendations Regarding Physician Mental Health

JAMA. 2021 May 18;325(19):2017-2018. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.2275.

Authors

Daniel Saddawi-Konefka¹, Ariel Brown², Isabella Eisenhart², Katharine Hicks², Eileen Barrett³, Jessica A Gold⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² The Emotional PPE Project Inc, Arlington, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.

Abstract

This study examines the consistency of medical license applications with recommendations from the Federation of State Medical Boards on physician wellness and burnout.

MeSH terms

Humans
Licensure, Medical / standards*
Mental Health*
Physicians / psychology*
United States