Research Article
Career Choices and Career Progression of Junior Doctors in Dermatology: Surveys of UK Medical Graduates
Table 3
Comparison of the firmness of choice between doctors who expressed a first preference for each specialty group at 1, 3, and 5 years after graduation.
| | Gender | Level of certainty of career choice | Year 1 | Year 3 | Year 5 | Dermatology
(%) | Other hospital physician specialties
(%) | Dermatology
(%) | Other hospital physician specialties
(%) | Dermatology
(%) | Other hospital physician specialties
(%) |
| | Male | Definite | 22 (19.6) | 664 (15.0) | 37 (31.1) | 707 (28.1) | 68 (79.1) | 1101 (61.1) | | Probable | 54 (48.2) | 2356 (53.2) | 62 (52.1) | 1276 (50.7) | 14 (16.3) | 570 (31.6) | | Uncertain | 36 (32.1) | 1407 (31.8) | 20 (16.8) | 533 (21.2) | 4 (4.7) | 131 (7.3) | | Total | 112 (100.0) | 4427 (100.0) | 119 (100.0) | 2516 (100.0) | 86 (100.0) | 1802 (100.0) |
| | Female | Definite | 64 (17.5) | 522 (10.7) | 62 (26.4) | 507 (22.7) | 91 (68.4) | 968 (59.6) | | Probable | 195 (53.4) | 2294 (47.2) | 104 (44.3) | 1054 (47.3) | 34 (25.6) | 515 (31.7) | | Uncertain | 106 (29.0) | 2043 (42.0) | 69 (29.4) | 668 (30.0) | 8 (6.0) | 140 (8.6) | | Total | 365 (100.0) | 4859 (100.0) | 235 (100.0) | 2229 (100.0) | 133 (100.0) | 1623 (100.0) |
| All
(men & women) | Definite | 86 (18.0) | 1186 (12.8) | 99 (28.0) | 1214 (25.6) | 159 (72.6) | 2069 (60.4) | | Probable | 249 (52.2) | 4650 (50.1) | 166 (46.9) | 2330 (49.1) | 48 (21.9) | 1085 (31.7) | | Uncertain | 142 (29.8) | 3450 (37.2) | 89 (25.1) | 1201 (25.3) | 12 (5.5) | 271 (7.9) | | Total | 477 (100.0) | 9286 (100.0) | 354 (100.0) | 4745 (100.0) | 219 (100.0) | 3425 (100.0) |
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For details of specialties included as “other hospital physician” specialties, see Methods.
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