Mental Health Questions on State Medical License Applications and Evaluation of Updates

Rachel N Douglas; Emily E Sharpe; Molly Kraus; Daniel Saddawi-Konefka; Andrew C Hanson; Bridget Pulos

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.33360

Mental Health Questions on State Medical License Applications and Evaluation of Updates

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2333360. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.33360.

Authors

Rachel N Douglas¹, Emily E Sharpe¹, Molly Kraus², Daniel Saddawi-Konefka³, Andrew C Hanson⁴, Bridget Pulos¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona.
³ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁴ Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study evaluates the consistency of US medical license renewal applications with the Federation of State Medical Boards recommendations for questions regarding physician mental health.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Licensure*
Mental Health*
Surveys and Questionnaires