You are an attending at a large program in New York. You are out at a bar on Saturday night when you notice one of your residents in the same bar. She is clearly drunk. The resident is sitting behind you, too intoxicated to notice your presence. She is kissing a man who you know is not her husband. You leave before she notices you. The following day you see her at the hospital managing patients and supervising interns. Her behavior and medical management seem completely normal.
What should you do?
a. Speak to her directly about her behavior.
b. Discuss it with her program director or department chair.
c. Report her to the committee for physician impairment.
d. Do nothing.