Table 2.
Looking backward from career destinations: percentage of doctors working in each mainstream specialty 10 years after graduation, who gave the specialty as an untied first choice at one, three, or five years after graduation
| Untied first choices | All respondents | Men | Women | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993, 1996 | 1974, 1977, 1983 | 1993, 1996 | 1974, 1977, 1983 | 1993, 1996 | 1974, 1977, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year 1 | Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 1 | Year 3 | Year 5* | Year 1 | Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 1 | Year 3 | Year 5* | Year 1 | Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 1 | Year 3 | Year 5* | ||||||
| Hospital medical | 63.5† | 70.6 | 84.0 | 58.4† | 70.4 | 83.6 | 67.0 | 74.3 | 87.4 | 62.8‡ | 73.5 | 87.9‡ | 59.4 | 66.1 | 80.1 | 42.2‡ | 59.3 | 66.2‡ | |||||
| Paediatrics | 74.1† | 85.1† | 83.8 | 39.0† | 53.5† | 63.1† | 69.5 | 79.3 | 81.8 | 47.7 | 70.8‡ | 84.1‡ | 76.6 | 87.9 | 84.8 | 31.5 | 38.5‡ | 45.0‡ | |||||
| Accident and emergency | 17.9† | 53.7† | 74.0 | 3.8† | 22.7† | 50.0† | 21.5 | 55.2 | 78.6 | 5.6 | 22.6 | 57.1 | 13.5 | 52.0 | 68.8 | 0.0 | 23.1 | 20.0 | |||||
| Surgery | 90.5† | 89.8† | 94.6† | 81.6† | 93.2† | 97.0† | 92.8 | 89.2 | 94.9 | 84.1‡ | 94.4 | 97.4 | 82.5 | 92.1 | 93.6 | 56.6‡ | 82.7 | 92.3 | |||||
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 78.4† | 85.1† | 86.2 | 52.2 | 80.7 | 80.7 | 83.9 | 85.3 | 79.3 | 53.0 | 82.4 | 83.6 | 75.8 | 85.1 | 89.2 | 50.9 | 77.8 | 75.8 | |||||
| Anaesthetics | 47.8 | 73.6 | 85.8 | 39.9† | 75.7 | 88.0 | 48.1 | 75.6 | 87.8 | 37.7 | 76.1 | 86.2 | 47.4 | 71.0 | 83.2 | 45.4 | 74.8 | 93.2 | |||||
| Radiology | 16.3† | 44.1† | 89.7 | 22.1† | 63.5† | 83.2 | 20.7 | 50.9 | 93.3 | 22.1 | 61.5 | 85.7 | 10.9 | 36.2 | 85.1 | 22.0 | 67.3 | 77.8 | |||||
| Clinical oncology | 8.6† | 43.3† | 76.6 | 20.3† | 43.3† | 71.7 | 5.7 | 39.4 | 71.9 | 20.4 | 45.2 | 66.7 | 10.3 | 45.6 | 79.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 81.3 | |||||
| Pathology | 25.5† | 58.9 | 79.8 | 43.7† | 72.0 | 76.0 | 33.3 | 60.9 | 82.9 | 45.1 | 73.0 | 79.8 | 20.0 | 57.6 | 77.8 | 41.1 | 70.0 | 70.0 | |||||
| Psychiatry | 52.3 | 71.4 | 81.9 | 42.9† | 67.0† | 79.7 | 55.1 | 74.8 | 82.5 | 51.4 | 74.0 | 87.9 | 49.5 | 68.1 | 81.3 | 32.9 | 58.0 | 69.4 | |||||
| General practice | 50.0† | 68.5 | 83.2 | 59.6† | 80.8† | 85.7† | 44.3 | 62.3‡ | 82.7 | 58.8 | 80.7 | 87.0 | 53.1 | 72.1‡ | 83.5 | 61.1 | 80.8 | 82.8 | |||||
| Public health | 7.5† | 4.5† | 10.4† | 5.1† | 18.6† | 35.0† | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 26.8 | 56.0 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 15.2 | 3.1 | 15.7 | 28.2 | |||||
| Other medical§ | 6.1† | 14.3† | 18.8† | 13.5† | 22.6† | 31.1† | 0.0 | 10.3 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 25.0 | 33.9 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.6 | 18.2 | 25.0 | |||||
| Total | 53.9 | 69.7 | 82.7 | 52.8 | 73.6 | 81.6 | 56.7 | 70.5 | 84.6 | 56.1 | 76.8 | 85.9 | 51.3 | 68.9 | 81.1 | 46.6 | 67.3 | 71.9 | |||||
See web extra for numbers on which percentages are based.
*Year 5 data exclude the 1983 cohort.
†Significantly higher or lower than average in relevant total column for all respondents (P<0.004 using adjusted standardised residuals).
‡Significantly different for men compared with women (P<0.001, χ2 with df=1).
§See footnote to table 1.