Combining parenthood with a medical career: questionnaire survey of the UK medical graduates of 2002 covering some influences and experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To report the self-assessed views of a cohort of medical graduates about the impact of having (or wanting to have) children on their specialty choice and the extent to which their employer was supportive of doctors with children.

Setting

United Kingdom (UK).

Participants

UK medical graduates of 2002 surveyed by post and email in 2014.

Results

The response rate was 64.2% (2057/3205). Most respondents were living with a spouse or partner (86%) and, of these, 49% had a medical spouse. Having children, or wanting to have children, had influenced specialty choice for 47% of respondents; for 56% of doctors with children and 29% of doctors without children; for 59% of women and 28% of men; and for 78% of general practitioners compared with 27% of hospital d

SUBMITTER: Lambert TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5629622 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature