Resources

Later Career articles of interest
The following resources have been peer-reviewed by the Later Career Program Working Group and are attached here for your information and reference.

• Aging and Cognitive Performance: Challenges and Implications for Physicians Practicing in the 21st Century (Theoretical Foundations 2010)
• Sustaining a long career in emergency medicine: Issues for emergency physicians of all ages (EMA 2019)
• The ageing doctor: positive transition to a portfolio career (MJA 2019)
• Later careers - regenerating the medical workforce (Royal College of Physicians UK 2018)
• Considerations for Emergency Physicians in Pre-Retirement Years (American College of Emergency Physicians 2021)
• Take it gradually when planning for retirement (American College of Emergency Physicians)
• What is successful retirement to me? (Converge International)
• Psychological Effects of the Transition to Retirement (Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy 2012)
• Research: When It’s Time to Leave a Career You’re Passionate About (Harvard Business Review, 2025)
• Director’s Corner: When Should an ER Doctor Consider Retiring? (Emergency Physicians Monthly, 2025)
• Retire Without Regrets (Harvard Business Review, 2024)

​Stories

• Retirement: an "opportunity" (YourED, October 2024)
• Procrastination produces perfect retirement (YourED)

In the Media

• Retirement can induce 'relevance deprivation syndrome'. Here's how to enjoy retiring instead (ABC RN)