Alcoholism in residency program candidates.
Recognition of physician impairment due to alcoholism and drug dependency is increasing. Medical students who are in the early phases of the disease are being recognized and treated more frequently today. Yet students who achieve sobriety are confronted with a generally hostile reaction from directors of residency training programs. In this article, the authors report on results of a survey of policies and attitudes of a sample group of program directors and suggest that there is a need to adopt policies for accepting residency applicants that take into consideration the fact that favourable outcomes are provided by treatment of alcohol- and drug-dependent medical students and physicians.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010815:Physician Impairment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States