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    Retirement Interest Group

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    Burns Woodward, MD

     

     

     

     

     

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    Eugene J. Fierman, MD

     

     

     

     

      

     

     

     

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    2017 Retirement Discussion Group Report (Judith Feldman, MD and Eugene Fierman, MD)

    In March of 2016 Drs. Judith Feldman and Eugene Fierman brought a proposal to the MPS Executive Committee for holding a “Retirement Discussion” for MPS members either in the process of retiring or thinking about retiring. The Executive Committee approved sending out an e-mail to gauge interest in holding a first discussion on June 7, 2016 to include an evening meeting and light dinner at the Massachusetts Medical Society. The announcement was sent out to almost 600 members 65 and older which represents almost 30% of the MPS membership. We received 32 registrations and had 31 attend the session on June 7. In addition to the 32 that registered for the program, an additional 50 members expressed interest in more information or a future program.

    Following the June 7th program and based on its success, the Executive Committee decided to continue to support these programs and included this is the promotion “This is a free program presented as a thank you for your long time commitment to MPS.” The majority of participants have been long time members of APA and the MPS and it was determined that in this day when so much attention is being made to the early career physicians, we can’t forget the members that have been supporting us for so long.

    The program was nominated for a District Branch Award and won an Honorable Mention at APA Annual Meeting in May of 2017. The Executive Committee designated this program an Interest Group and approved three meetings for the coming year. The first is scheduled for September 26 and will be an open discussion.

    Future proposals for the group include: a session with spouses or families to discuss the impact of retirement on the family; a session on impairment and how to recognize it in oneself and one’s colleagues; a project to make available ‘supervision’ of one’s retirement process by a newly-retired psychiatrist; and a project to use the MPS website to ‘match’ early career psychiatrists with senior colleagues who would have referrals and advice about setting up a private practice.

    Many thanks to Lynda Layer for her outstanding work on behalf of this program during the past year. We welcome Mayuri Patel who will be working with the group in the coming year.

     

    Retirement Interest Group

    Co-Chairs: Eugene Fierman, MD and Judith Feldman, MD

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    From THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY 

    Article XVI –Committees

    There shall be the following standing Committees of the MPS: Executive, Nominating, Membership, Constitution and Bylaws, Fellowship, Ethics and Continuing Medical Education.

    The President may establish or eliminate other committees or other organizational entities as may be necessary to implement the objectives of the MPS.

    All Chairs of MPS committees or other entities are to be appointed yearly by the President [except where otherwise specified in the Constitution and Bylaws and shall be limited to three consecutive terms] unless this term limit is overridden by a two-thirds vote of the MPS Executive Committee.

    No member of the MPS or organizational unit thereof shall speak in the name of, or encumber the funds of, the MPS unless such power is specifically granted by the MPS President or by a formal action of the Council of the MPS.

    Article XVII –Attendance

    Attendance at meetings of the Council, committees or other organizational entities: shall be open to all members of the MPS except for the meetings of the Ethics Committee. All organizational entities of the MPS may go into Executive Session.