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Preparing for Retirement: Creating A Happy and Healthy Transition
Individual Action Plan Worksheet
Individual Action Plan Worksheet - Created by: Charlene M. Dewey, M.D., M.Ed., MACP. Center for Professional Health – Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2019©
Suggested Readings for Physicians and Scientists
The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicate. (n.d.)
U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), and its partners (December 2014)
AARP. Ten Retirement Planning Tips (February 2018)
Kiplinger (2018). The Top 10 Pieces of Retirement Advice You Can Give Your Millennial. (Jamie Letcher, CRPC)
NewRetirement (April 2018). Want to Have a Good Retirement? 50 Tips for a Healthy, Wealthy and Happy Retirement (Kathleen Coxwell)
United States Department of Labor (September 2017). Women and Retirement Savings.
Bankrate (August 2017). 10 best retirement steps to take right now. (Jill Cornfield)
AARP (March 2018). 5 Things You SHOULD Know About Long-Term Care Insurance.
Safranski, S. The New Retirement Realities for Physicians: Are you seeing it clearly? M.D. News Special Feature, AMA Insurance Agency, 2010; 2(1):1-4.
Cogbill, TH. Retirement: An opportunity to revisit the "road not taken." Bull Am Coll Surg, 2004; 89 (3):16-20.
Manheimer, R. Creative Retirement: Beneficial for the Patient – What about the Doctor? NC Med J Sept/Oct, 2008; 69(5):406-07.
Cronan, J. Retirement: It's Not About the Finances! Am Coll Rad, 2009:6(4):242- 45.
Bernstein, A. and Trauth, J. "Your Retirement, your way: why it takes more than money to live your dream." New York: McGraw Hill, 2007.
Cullinane, J. and Fitzgerald, C. "The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of your Life." 2nd ed. New York, Rodale; 2007.
Sunderstrom, E., Burnham, R., and Burnham, M. "My Next Phase: the personality-based guide to your best retirement." New York, Springboard; 2007.
Blaiser, RB. The problem with the aging surgeon: When surgeon age becomes a surgical risk factor. Clin Orthop Relat Res, 2009; 467(2):402-11.
Neely, JC. My Last Stitch. Bull Am Coll Surg, May 2006; 91(5):17-19.
LaBauve, B.J. and C.R. Robinson, Adjusting to retirement: Considerations for counselors. Adultspan: Theory Research & Practice, 1999; 1(1):2.
Goodman, J. and J.G. Pappas, Applying the Schlossberg 4s transition model to retired university faculty: Does it fit? Adultspan: Theory Research & Practice, 2000; 2(1):15.
Schlossberg, N.K., et al., Counseling adults in transition: Linking practice with theory, second edition. The Gerontologist., 1997; 37(1):134.
Transitioning into Retirement: Key Tips for the Physician and Scientist
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Firmin, MW and Craycraft, A. Life meanings for past and present: Case studies of four retired faculty. Educational Research Quarterly, 2009; 32(4):17-35.
Chase, CI., Eklund, SJ., and Pearson, LM. Affective responses of faculty emeriti to retirement. Educational Gerontology, 2003; 29(6):521.
Yale S, Jones M, Wesbrook SD, Talsness S, Mazza JJ. The Emeritus Clinical-Researcher Program WMJ. Jun 2011; 110(3):127-31.
Sheila M. LoboPrabhu, M.D., Victor A. Molinari, Ph.D., ABPP, Joseph D. Hamilton, M.D., James W. Lomax, M.D. The Aging Physician with Cognitive Impairment: Approachesto Oversight, Prevention and Remediation Am J Geriatr Psychiatry June 2009; 17 (6): 445-454.
Adler RG, Constantinou C. Knowing - or not knowing - when to stop: cognitive decline in ageing doctors. Med J Aust. Dec 2008; 189 (11-12):622-4.
Spickard A. Jr, Gabbe SG, Christensen JF. Mid-career burnout in generalist and specialist physicians. JAMA. 2002 Sep 25; 288 (12):1447-50.
Vaillant, George E. "Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development" Little Brown, 2002.