Table 4.
Clinical medical school attended and first choice of long-term career (%): UK medical graduates of 2015, surveyed in 2016
| Clinical medical school attended | First choice of career (row percentages) | ||
| General practice | Surgery | All others combined | |
| Men | P=0.018 | P=0.810 | P=0.118 |
| Oxbridge (N=95) | 9.5 | 22.1 | 76.8 |
| London (N=304) | 16.8 | 22.0 | 66.4 |
| Rest of England (N=606) | 21.6 | 21.5 | 69.5 |
| Scotland (N=121) | 16.5 | 24.0 | 66.9 |
| Wales (N=47) | 29.8 | 23.4 | 55.3 |
| Northern Ireland (N=33) | 24.2 | 12.1 | 66.7 |
| Total (N=1206) | 19.3 | 21.7 | 68.4 |
| Women | P<0.001 | P<0.001 | P=0.329 |
| Oxbridge (N=92) | 21.7 | 12.0 | 73.9 |
| London (N=370) | 24.9 | 19.2 | 67.8 |
| Rest of England (N=984) | 37.9 | 10.5 | 64.9 |
| Scotland (N=229) | 28.4 | 13.5 | 67.7 |
| Wales (N=107) | 43.0 | 4.7 | 68.2 |
| Northern Ireland (N=52) | 28.8 | 17.3 | 61.5 |
| Total (N=1834) | 33.3 | 12.5 | 66.4 |
| All | P<0.001 | P=0.007 | P=0.067 |
| Oxbridge (N=187) | 15.5 | 17.1 | 75.4 |
| London (N=674) | 21.2 | 20.5 | 67.2 |
| Rest of England (N=1590) | 31.7 | 14.7 | 66.7 |
| Scotland (N=350) | 24.3 | 17.1 | 67.4 |
| Wales (N=154) | 39.0 | 10.4 | 64.3 |
| Northern Ireland (N=85) | 27.1 | 15.3 | 63.5 |
| Total (N=3040) | 27.8 | 16.2 | 67.2 |
Notes: The percentages given are for tied and untied first choices. The table excludes 105 ‘not stated’ responses. Row percentages add to more than 100% because doctors were allowed to specify up to three first choices of equal preference. See online supplementary appendix 2 for breakdown of results for the ‘All others combined’ column. Percentages whose adjusted residuals are greater than ±2.58 are shown in bold.