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This CPPPH newsletter aims to keep readers abreast of current developments and relevant information about physician health and wellbeing in California.
All past issues are available from the CPPPH website: www.CPPPH.org.
Definitions
Wellness activities address quality of life and professional satisfaction for all physicians.
Wellbeing activities focus on an individual physician and provide resources for identifying, evaluating, referring, treating, and monitoring for physicians when addiction, mental health, behavioral issues, and the effects of aging are a concern.
Confidential Assistance Over the Phone
The Physicians’ and Dentists’ Confidential Assistance Line is a 24-hour phone service providing completely confidential doctor-to-doctor assistance for physicians experiencing substance use or mental health issues. Call:
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California Effort to Get a PHP – AB408 –is Paused Until 2026
Proposed legislation – sponsored by the Medical Board of California — that would establish a physician health program has been paused in its path through the California legislature. The author, Assembly person Marc Berman, has made AB408 a 2-year bill.
After hearing the concerns expressed by the chair and members of the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, Berman decided to step back from the process in order to consider ways to reach consensus on the concerns raised.
To learn more about the opposition to the bill and about the concerns raised by the members of the Senate Committee, see the staff analysis prepared by the Committee’s Staff Director for the Committee’s July 7th meeting. You can get the full recording of the meeting HERE. The discussion of AB408 comes up at about 1:31.
Evaluation and Treatment Programs for Physicians
There are standards developed by the Federation of State Physician Health Programs and used in the Federation’s ETA Program (FSPHP-ETA™) to accredit evaluation and treatment services that are qualified to specialize in the care of medical students, residents, career physicians, and other safety-sensitive professionals.
The standards, updated in 2024, are available for purchase. The process for purchasing a copy ($499) begins HERE. Accredited programs are listed HERE.
RCMA’s Annual Conference on Physicians’ Wellbeing — Friday, July 18
In the physician health world, the annual conference of the Riverside County Medical Association is well known. Since 1988, it has been bringing people together once a year with presentations and discussions. This year’s session – online from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm — will focus on disruptive behavior and include information from Ed Kim, M.D. from the Federation of State Physician Health Programs; Shelley Carder, Esq.; Karen Miotto, M.D. from California Public Protection & Physician Health; Reji Varghese, the Executive Director of the Medical Board of California; and William Perry, Ph.D., UC San Diego Physician Assessment & Clinical Education Program. Registration information and all details are available HERE.
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