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

Table 2

Choices for dermatology in individual cohorts: percentages and numbers of respondents.

Graduation year	Year 1; %	Year 3; %	Year 5; %	Year 1; %	Year 3; %	Year 5; %
	Dermatology as any first choice			Dermatology as any choice
1974	0.9 (18/1940)	1.2 (18/1486)	1.0 (18/1755)	2.1 (41/1940)	2.0 (29/1486)	1.4 (25/1755)
1977	0.8 (20/2637)	1.3 (31/2336)	1.2 (30/2602)	2.5 (66/2637)	2.5 (59/2336)	2.0 (52/2602)
1980	1.0 (29/2853)	1.0 (28/2843)	0.6 (17/2716)	2.9 (84/2853)	1.9 (54/2843)	1.0 (27/2716)
1983	0.7 (21/3166)	0.7 (21/3037)	0.0	1.8 (56/3166)	1.1 (33/3037)	0.0
1993	1.0 (26/2621)	1.0 (27/2777)	0.9 (24/2729)	1.9 (49/2621)	1.4 (39/2777)	1.1 (31/2729)
1996	0.7 (21/2926)	0.7 (20/2721)	0.7 (28/2521)	1.7 (51/2926)	1.4 (39/2721)	1.0 (24/2521)
1999	0.8 (21/2727)	1.5 (39/2549)	1.4 (38/2661)	1.7 (45/2727)	2.3 (59/2549)	1.8 (47/2661)
2000	1.2 (35/2978)	1.7 (51/2968)	1.0 (27/2703)	2.0 (59/2978)	2.7 (80/2968)	1.4 (38/2703)
2002	1.1 (30/2778)	1.2 (32/2748)	0.5 (14/2552)	2.8 (78/2778)	2.2 (60/2748)	0.6 (15/2552)
2005	1.2 (36/3128)	0.7 (20/2710)	0.6 (13/2362)	3.1 (96/3128)	1.3 (34/2710)	1.0 (24/2362)
2008	1.7 (56/3302)	1.2 (39/3228)	0.9 (21/2369)	3.8 (124/3302)	1.8 (58/3228)	1.4 (34/2369)
2009	1.7 (51/2917)	0.0	0.0	3.8 (110/2917)	0.0	0.0
2011	1.6 (16/1001)	0.0	0.0	3.1 (31/1001)	0.0	0.0
2012	1.9 (45/2398)	1.5 (31/2063)	0.0	3.6 (86/2398)	1.9 (39/2063)	0.0
2015	1.9 (59/3040)	0.0	0.0	3.2 (97/3040)	0.0	0.0