Table 2.
Career destinations 27 years after qualification: hypothetical cohort of 100 UK qualifiers of 1977 incorporating all available information about non-respondents and respondents
| Specialty group | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK NHS: | |||
| General practice | 34 | 37 | 35 |
| Hospital medical specialties | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Surgical specialties | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| Paediatrics | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Accident & emergency | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Obstetrics & gynaecology | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Anaesthetics | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Radiology | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Clinical oncology | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pathology | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Psychiatry | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Community health | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Public health medicine | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Other clinical specialties | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| All in the NHS | 77 | 74 | 76 |
| Estimated whole time equivalent | 73 | 56 | 67 |
| OTHERS | |||
| Employed in medicine | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| Not employed in medicine | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Deceased | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| ALL RESPONDENTS | 100 | 100 | 100 |
See Appendix B for assumptions and calculations.