Career Choices and Career Progression of Junior Doctors in Dermatology: Surveys of UK Medical Graduates
Table 5
Numbers and percentages of medical graduates whose original choice was dermatology and eventually practised at four different destinations in year 10 (looking forwards).
Four final destinations after 10 years
Dermatology %
Other hospital physician specialties %
Other clinical specialties %
GP %
Total %
Year 1 first choice
Male choosing dermatology
17% (5)
31% (9)
42% (12)
10% (3)
100% (29)
Female choosing dermatology
20% (15)
16% (12)
32% (24)
32% (24)
100% (75)
Total choosing dermatology
19% (20)
20% (21)
35% (36)
26% (27)
100% (104)
Year 3 first choice
Male choosing dermatology
48% (21)
18% (8)
18% (8)
16% (7)
100% (44)
Female choosing dermatology
41% (36)
14% (12)
24% (21)
21% (18)
100% (87)
Total choosing dermatology
44% (57)
15% (20)
22% (29)
19% (25)
100% (131)
Year 5 first choice
Male choosing dermatology
89% (33)
5% (2)
3% (1)
3% (1)
100% (37)
Female choosing dermatology
82% (46)
7% (4)
9% (5)
2% (1)
100% (56)
Total choosing dermatology
85% (79)
6% (6)
6% (6)
3% (2)
100% (93)
For details of specialties included as “other hospital physician” specialties, see Methods. “Other clinical specialties” includes the following: emergency medicine, anaesthesia, clinical oncology, surgery, paediatrics, pathology, psychiatry, and radiology.
