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Physicians have easy ways to commit suicide and the knowledge to carry it out successfully. Every year 300 to 400 physicians take their own lives, resulting in loss to patients, families, and the medical community. This course explains risk factors and warning signs in potentially suicidal physicians. With this knowledge, you could save a colleague’s life, or maybe even your own.
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to: 1. Cite the number of physicians, residents and medical students lost to suicide annually; 2. Describe the characteristics of major depressive disorder; 3. Identify risk factors for suicide and formulate suicidal behavior in terms of interactions between long- and short-term behavioral mechanisms; 4. Apply current knowledge about mechanisms underlying suicidal behavior to practical clinical situations ; 5. Identify people at risk and explain the warning signs of a physician, resident, and/or medical student who is suicidal; 6. Develop preventive strategies balancing pharmacological, social, and health-related interventions; and 7. Recognize the ethical consequences of suicide.
ACGME/ABMS Competencies This program addresses the following desirable physician attributes: Professionalism, Patient care, Interprofessional practice, Interpersonal communication skills, and Practice-based learning and improvement.
Target Audience This program is developed for physicians of all specialties, residents/fellows, and medical students, hospital and academic leadership.
Released: August 17, 2020 Reviewed: July 24, 2023 Expires: August 17, 2026
Return Policy No refunds or exchanges will be processed for this program.
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring) The Texas Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Texas Medical Association designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
On select courses, the Texas Medical Association requires physician to complete 70-percent of the test questions correctly to receive credit for this course.
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