Fig. 1.

UK doctors in each year of graduation who specified medical specialties as their first choice of eventual career: percentages of all respondents (a–c), and of all respondents excluding those who chose general practice (GP) (d–f).

Chi-square test comparing choice for the hospital specialties made by men and women (all graduation years combined): Year One χ²₁ = 0.2, p=0.63; Year Two χ²₁ = 15.0, p<0.001; Year Three χ²₁ = 10.4, p<0.001. ▧Men □Women