Ahmed Ishtiaq
Department of Surgery, Al-Nafees Medical College and Hospital, Islamabad.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2016 May;26(5):424-9.
The question that when a surgeon should retire has been the subject under discussion since long. In the present era, medical education, knowledge, training, and technology are evolving at a rapid pace. At the other end, age causes decline in physical and cognitive performance. So the older a surgeon is, the more likely that he is remote from his initial education and training in his specialty. Research also proves that the senior surgeons are hesitant to plan for their retirement. So far there is no definitive study matching surgical outcomes to surgeons' age. The author believes that work done in related domains can provide a better understanding of physician aging and cognition issues, and thus can suggest more effective strategies towards continuous professional development and lifelong learning in medicine.
外科医生应该在何时退休这个问题长期以来一直是讨论的主题。在当今时代，医学教育、知识、培训和技术都在快速发展。另一方面，年龄会导致身体和认知能力下降。所以外科医生年龄越大，就越有可能远离其专业领域最初的教育和培训。研究还证明，资深外科医生对于规划自己的退休事宜犹豫不决。到目前为止，尚无将手术结果与外科医生年龄相匹配的确定性研究。作者认为，相关领域所做的工作能够更好地理解医生衰老和认知问题，从而可以为医学领域的持续专业发展和终身学习提出更有效的策略。
