Career choices for cardiology: cohort studies of UK medical graduates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiology is one of the most popular of the hospital medical specialties in the UK. It is also a highly competitive specialty in respect of the availability of higher specialty training posts. Our aims are to describe doctors' early intentions about seeking careers in cardiology, to report on when decisions about seeking a career in cardiology are made, to compare differences between men and women doctors in the choice of cardiology, and to compare early career choices with later specialty destinations.

Methods

Questionnaire surveys were sent to all UK medical graduates in selected qualification years from 1974-2009, at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 years after graduation.

Results

One year after graduation, the percentage of doctors specifying cardiology as their firs

SUBMITTER: Smith F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3579736 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature