Career Choices and Career Progression of Junior Doctors in Dermatology: Surveys of UK Medical Graduates
Table 4
Numbers and percentages of doctors who specified each factor affecting their career choice “a great deal.”
Factor
Year 1
Year 3
Year 5
Dermatology %
Other hospital physician specialty %
Dermatology %
Other hospital physician specialty %
Dermatology %
Other hospital physician specialty %
Hours/working conditions
69% ()
31% (1793)
75% ()
35% (769)
82% ()
38% (981)
Domestic circumstances
54% ()
23% (1605)
45% ()
22% (731)
44% ()
27% (884)
Future financial prospects
25% ()
9% (410)
25% ()
7% (166)
17% ()
7% (193)
Career and promotion prospects
29% ()
22% (1250)
48% ()
27% (785)
36% ()
25% (834)
Experience of jobs so far
34% ()
54% (2792)
41% ()
59% (1989)
51% ()
66% (2197)
Self-appraisal
43% ()
49% (2939)
51% (122)
55% (1852)
54% (112)
57% (1894)
Student experience of subject
38% (131)
40% (2620)
33% ()
26% (814)
31% ()
23% (718)
A particular teacher/department
33% (89)
29% (1680)
30% ()
37% (987)
30% ()
39% (1045)
Inclinations before medical school
5% ()
9% (531)
6% (14)
8% (245)
7% (14)
7% (211)
Enthusiasm/commitment
54% (164)
60% (3492)
65% (90)
70% (1550)
80% (113)
80% (2094)
Advice from others
17% (48)
17% (974)
21% (42)
20% (571)
17% (36)
16% (548)
Other reasons
11% (11)
13% (260)
16% (17)
18% (260)
26% (19)
24% (273)
Financial circumstances while training
6% (3)
3% (31)
5% (6)
5% (82)
3% (3)
6% (71)
indicates ; indicates ; indicates , comparing dermatology with other hospital physician specialties, within each year, for each factor. For details of specialties included as “other hospital physician” specialties, see Methods.
