The Implications of Physicians ’ Late-Career Transitions and Retirement Decisions

How do we think about the entirety of a physician’s career? Discussing the individual, institutional, and workforce implications of physicians’ late-career transitions and retirement decisions in this new episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast are editor-in-chief David Sklar, senior staff editor Toni Gallo (@AcadMedJournal), and authors Karen Leslie, MD, MEd (@karenraven) and Joanna Cain, MD. This episode is now available through iTunes, the Apple Podcast app, and SoundCloud. Read more about this topic, including Dr. Leslie’s article and Dr. Cain’s article which were discussed in this episode, at academicmedicine.org. A transcript of this episode is available upon request from academicmedicine@aamc.org. Further Reading Onyura B, Bohnen J, Wasylenki D, et al. Reimagining the self at late-career transitions: How identity threat influences academic physicians’ retirement considerations. Acad Med. 2015;90:794–801. Cain JM, Felice ME, Ockene JK, et al. Meeting the late-career needs of faculty transitioning through retirement: One institution’s approach. Acad Med. 2018;93:435–439. 
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