Physician Health Research Conference (Estes park, Colorado - September 15-17, 1996): Progress report one year later

The 1996 Physician Health Research Conference was the first conference to f ocus exclusively on research issues and methods for impaired physicians. Th e conference was initiated by James Shore, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and superintendent of the Colorado Psychia tric Hospital, and Stephen Dilts, M.D., Ph.D., medical director of the Colo rado Physician Health Program and clinical professor of psychiatry at the U niversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Forty participants represente d a wide range of national organizations. The conference was supported by c ontributions from the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric As sociation, Colorado Physician Health Program, Colorado Physician Insurance Program, and the Department of Psychiatry and Colorado Psychiatric Hospital at the Health Sciences Center. In addition, the conference was cosponsored by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, the American Society of A ddiction Medicine, and the Federation of State Physician Health Programs. T his paper summarizes the formal presentations of the conference.