Early career choices and successful career progression in surgery in the UK: prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes to the structure of medical training worldwide require doctors to decide on their career specialty at an increasingly early stage after graduation. We studied trends in career choices for surgery, and the eventual career destinations, of UK graduates who declared an early preference for surgery.

Methods

Postal questionnaires were sent, at regular time intervals after qualification, to all medical qualifiers from all UK medical schools in selected qualification years between 1974 and 2005. They were sent in the first year after qualification, at year three and five years after qualification, and at longer time intervals thereafter.

Results

Responses were received from 27,749 of 38,280 doctors (73%) at year one, 23,468 of 33,151 (71%) at year three, a

SUBMITTER: Goldacre MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2987756 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature