Student Substance Use Policies in US Allopathic Medical Schools: A National Study

Philip Z Mannes; Tiffany L Wang; Wenting Ma; Jeffrey Selzer; Carlos Blanco

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2666

Student Substance Use Policies in US Allopathic Medical Schools: A National Study

JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Dec 1;78(12):1393-1395. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2666.

Authors

Philip Z Mannes¹, Tiffany L Wang², Wenting Ma³, Jeffrey Selzer^{2

4

5}, Carlos Blanco⁶

Affiliations

¹ Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York.
³ Department of Perioperative Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York.
⁵ Committee for Physician Health, Medical Society of the State of New York, Albany.
⁶ National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Abstract

This quality improvement study examines US allopathic medical schools’ student handbook policies on substance use and assesses their adherence to current Association of American Medical Colleges guidelines.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Guideline Adherence / legislation & jurisprudence*
Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data
Guidelines as Topic*
Humans
Schools, Medical / legislation & jurisprudence*
Schools, Medical / statistics & numerical data
Students, Medical / legislation & jurisprudence*
Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data
Substance-Related Disorders*
United States