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Area of Science:

  • Neuropsychology
  • Geriatrics
  • Medical Education

Background:

  • The physician workforce is aging, necessitating cognitive evaluations for late-career practitioners.
  • Existing normative data may not accurately reflect the cognitive profiles of highly educated, aging physicians.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a specialized neuropsychological normative dataset for evaluating late-career physicians.
  • To develop the HEATS (highly educated aging treaters) norms for cognitive assessment in this demographic.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited 100 physicians aged 60-78 from three North Carolina medical centers.
  • Administered a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery covering multiple neurocognitive domains.
  • Collected data stratified by age and sex, developing regression formulas for enhanced predictive precision.

Main Results:

  • Presented normative data in percentile bands, stratified by age and sex.
  • Confirmed significant distinctions between the physician sample, the general population, and existing comparative norms.
  • Demonstrated the utility of co-norming within a specialized sample for cognitive characterization.

Conclusions:

  • Introduced the preliminary HEATS normative dataset for late-career physicians.
  • These standards enable accurate, objective cognitive measurement for clinical and capacity evaluations.
  • Future work will expand demographic applicability and explore links between cognitive standards and professional performance.