Clinical specialty training in UK undergraduate medical schools: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if increased exposure to clinical specialties at medical school is associated with increased interest in pursuing that specialty as a career after foundation training.

Design

A retrospective observational study.

Setting

31 UK medical schools were asked how much time students spend in each of the clinical specialties. We excluded two schools that were solely Graduate Entry, and two schools were excluded for insufficient information.

Main outcome measures

Time spent on clinical placement from UK undergraduate medical schools, and the training destinations of graduates from each school. A general linear model was used to analyse the relationship between the number of weeks spent in a specialty at medical school and the percentage of graduat

SUBMITTER: Vaidya HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661606 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature