Occupational medicine
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The assessment of doctors' health and fitness to practise is recognized as a specialist area of occupational medicine practice. This paper will consider the involvement of specialists from a variety of disciplines in the overall assessment process and will discuss some current assessment models. The paper will make recommendations for further developments in this area.
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Occupational medicine · Aug 2008
Doctors' health and fitness to practise: the need for a bespoke model of assessment.
Doctors' performance and fitness to practise are attracting increased attention. High profile cases have brought into question the assessment of fitness to practise and the monitoring of professional performance. ⋯ Conditions such as mental ill-health and substance abuse may affect doctors' fitness to practise, but other conditions may also be relevant. This paper will discuss the occurrence of ill-health and the need for a bespoke model of assessment.