Career Choices and Career Progression of Junior Doctors in Dermatology: Surveys of UK Medical Graduates

Table 1

Trends in early first choices for eventual career in dermatology: percentages of doctors who specified dermatology at years 1, 3, and 5 after graduation.

Year after graduation	Cohorts (years of graduation)				Statistical tests
	1974–83; (%)	1993–2002; (%)	2005–15; (%)	All cohorts; (%)	Linear trend; (1, )	Heterogeneity; (2, )
Men and women
Year 1	88 (0.8)	133 (0.9)	263 (1.7)	484 (1.2)	41.8, <0.001	48.7, <0.001
Year 3	98 (1.0)	169 (1.2)	90 (1.1)	357 (1.1)	0.64, 0.42	2.41, 0.29
Year 5	65 (0.9)	121 (0.9)	34 (0.7)	220 (0.9)	1.06, 0.3	1.76, 0.41
Men
Year 1	32 (0.5)	35 (0.6)	49 (0.8)	116 (0.6)	7.4, 0.006	8.07, 0.018
Year 3	47 (0.8)	54 (0.9)	18 (0.6)	119 (0.8)	0.23, 0.62	2.11, 0.34
Year 5	33 (0.7)	44 (0.8)	10 (0.6)	87 (0.7)	0.09, 0.75	0.61, 0.73
Women
Year 1	56 (1.5)	98 (1.3)	214 (2.1)	368 (1.7)	12.3, <0.001	21.06, <0.001
Year 3	51 (1.5)	115 (1.5)	72 (1.4)	238 (1.5)	0.03, 0.85	0.09, 0.95
Year 5	32 (1.4)	77 (1.1)	24 (0.8)	133 (1.0)	3.85, 0.05	3.87, 0.14