Table 2.
All respondents, showing percentage distribution of their current choice by cohort; and respondents who had considered but rejected a specialty choice, showing percentage distribution of rejected specialties, by cohort
| Choosing | Rejecting | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty group | 2002 graduates in 2003 | 2005 graduates in 2006 | 2008 graduates in 2009 | All | χ2 linear trend (p value)* | 2002 graduates in 2003 | 2005 graduates in 2006 | 2008 graduates in 2009 | All | χ2 linear trend (p value)* |
| Medical hospital specialties | 22.2 | 21.1 | 19.3 | 20.8 | 0.01 | 21.2 | 24.1 | 19.7 | 21.7 | 0.42 |
| Paediatrics | 6.5 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 0.10 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 0.77 |
| Emergency medicine | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.49 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 5.4 | <0.001 |
| Surgery | 21.8 | 21.2 | 16.7 | 19.9 | <0.001 | 34.7 | 35.3 | 26.2 | 31.9 | <0.001 |
| Obstetrics & gynaecology | 2.4 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 3.8 | <0.001 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 11.6 | 8.7 | <0.001 |
| Anaesthetics | 9.4 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 0.09 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 0.94 |
| Radiology | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.66 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.04 |
| Clinical oncology | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.95 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.50 |
| Pathology | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.24 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.46 |
| Psychiatry | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.95 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 0.94 |
| General practice | 23.7 | 29.0 | 27.7 | 26.9 | 0.002 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 0.79 |
| Public health | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.25 |
| Other medical specialties | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | <0.001 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.004 |
| Totals | 2361 | 2501 | 2537 | 7399 | 711 | 763 | 793 | 2267 | ||
*Trend between 2002 and 2008 either in chosen specialty or in rejected specialty