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. 2001 Jun 30;322(7302):1578–1579. doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1578

Table.

Positive responses to part time working or job sharing as a consultant. Values are numbers (percentages) of specialist registrars who answered “yes—possibly,” “yes—probably,” or “yes—definitely” when asked whether they would consider a part time post (⩽8 sessions) or a job share when they became a consultant

Specialty Women
Men
All
Part time Job share Part time Job share Part time Job share
All specialties 374/541 (69) 411/537 (77) 170/770 (22) 194/772 (25) 544/1311 (41) 605/1309 (46)
Cardiology  7/31 (54)  8/13 (62)  31/118 (26)  24/119 (20)  38/131 (29)  32/132 (24)
Dermatology 31/39 (79) 28/39 (72) 11/29 (38)  8/29 (28) 42/68 (62) 36/68 (53)
Endocrinology 24/43 (56) 29/43 (67)  8/52 (15)  9/52 (17)  32/995 (34) 38/95 (40)
Gastroenterology 32/47 (68) 35/47 (74)  31/132 (23)  25/135 (19)  63/179 (35)  60/181 (33)
Geriatric medicine 47/66 (71) 52/66 (79) 16/68 (24) 21/68 (31)  63/134 (47)  73/134 (54)
Genitourinary medicine 19/24 (79) 22/24 (92)  3/13 (23)  4/13 (31) 22/37 (59) 26/37 (70)
Haematology 37/50 (74) 37/50 (74)  6/34 (18) 12/34 (35) 43/64 (51) 49/58 (58)
Infectious diseases   4/8 (50)   7/9 (78)  6/21 (29) 12/21 (57) 10/29 (34) 19/30 (63)
Medical oncology 15/24 (63) 18/24 (75)  8/30 (27) 10/30 (33) 23/54 (43) 28/54 (52)
Neurology 14/22 (64) 16/22 (73)  7/51 (15) 11/50 (22) 21/73 (29) 27/72 (38)
Palliative medicine 38/43 (88) 36/41 (88)  3/12 (25)  6/12 (50) 41/55 (75) 42/53 (79)
Renal medicine 13/27 (48) 20/26 (77)  9/42 (21) 10/42 (24) 22/69 (32) 30/68 (44)
Respiratory medicine 22/38 (58) 26/37 (70) 16/91 (18) 24/91 (26)  38/129 (29)  50/128 (39)
Rheumatology 36/46 (78) 39/45 (87)  9/41 (22) 12/41 (29) 45/87 (52) 51/86 (59)