Table 2.
Comparison between doctors who chose psychiatry, general practice or other clinical specialties: percentages of doctors who specified that they were ‘definite’, ‘probable’ or ‘uncertain’ about their first choice of long-term career, at 1, 3 and 5 years after graduation
| Percentages |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 |
Year 3 |
Year 5 |
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| Firmness of choice | Psychiatry | General practice |
Other | Psychiatry | General practice |
Other | Psychiatry | General practice |
Other |
| Definite |
30.0 |
36.1 |
25.9 |
54.1 |
58.8 |
42.0 |
65.5 |
72.9 |
67.3 |
| Probable |
48.0 |
44.6 |
51.4 |
37.3 |
34.0 |
44.8 |
29.6 |
23.3 |
28.1 |
| Uncertain |
22.0 |
19.3 |
22.7 |
8.6 |
7.2 |
13.1 |
4.9 |
3.8 |
4.6 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |