Background Retirement policies for surgeons differ worldwide. A range of normal human
functional abilities decline as part of the ageing process. As life expectancy and their …

Importance Aging is well documented to be associated with declines in cognitive function
and psychomotor performance, but only limited guidance is currently available from medical …

Background People who attempt suicide often display cognitive impairments, particularly
poor cognitive control. Could poor cognitive control contribute to high suicide rates in old …

Purpose There is scant empirical work exploring academic physicians' psychosocial
adjustment during late-career transitions or on the factors that influence their retirement …

Background Widespread adoption of endovascular aneurysm repair has led to a
consequential decline in the use of open aneurysm repair (OAR). This evolution has had …

Surgeons must accept the same inexorable deterioration in physical and cognitive function
in all aging humans. Although the vast majority of practicing elderly surgeons are excellent …

Background With doctors in short supply and a strong demand for surgeon services in all
areas of the United States, urban and rural, there are pressures to remain in active practice …

Importance Understanding the distribution of patient complaints by physician age may
provide insight into common patient concerns characteristic of early, middle, and late stages …

Working memory (WM) is one of the most investigated cognitive functions albeit the extent to
which individual characteristics impact on performance is still unclear, especially when older …

BACKGROUND: The trend for choosing to work part-time (PT) in medicine is increasing. We
hypothesize that strategies to employ PT surgeons and prolong the duration of practice …