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. 2014 Aug 18;90(1068):557–564. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-132681

Table 3.

Number of doctors by long-term career intention regarding academic work at 1 year and 5 years (2005 cohort)

Intentions in 2006 Intentions in 2010
Clinical academic posts Clinical posts with some research Clinical posts without research Total
All
 Clinical academic posts 23 30 23 76
 Clinical posts with some research 45 316 374 735
 Clinical posts without research 12 124 629 765
 Total 80 470 1026 1576
Men
 Clinical academic posts 19 17 7 43
 Clinical posts with some research 24 139 134 297
 Clinical posts without research 5 54 177 236
 Total 48 210 318 576
Women
 Clinical academic posts 4 13 16 33
 Clinical posts with some research 21 177 240 438
 Clinical posts without research 7 70 452 529
 Total 32 260 708 1000

‘Clinical posts with some research’ comprises ‘clinical posts with some teaching and research’ and ‘clinical posts with some research time’, and ‘clinical posts without research’ comprises ‘clinical posts with some teaching responsibility’ and ‘clinical service posts without teaching or research’; this table does not include those who were ‘undecided’.

Quasi-symmetry test results: all: Inline graphic=279.8, p<0.001; men: Inline graphic=132.1, p<0.001; women: Inline graphic=122.1, p<0.001.

Bold denotes doctors whose intentions did not change between 2006 and 2010.