Open AccessUK-Trained Doctors' Early Career Choices and Career Progression in Individual Surgical Specialties
Author(s) -
M J Goldacre,
Trevor W Lambert,
Geraldine Surman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/003588413x13625648805415
Subject(s) - specialty , career planning , medicine , medical education , career development , career portfolio , career pathways , cognitive information processing , family medicine , psychology
The planning of specialty training should be informed by knowledge of when doctors make decisions about their choice of career specialty. Our UK nationwide study of career choices showed that about 90% of practising surgeons had indicated their wish to become surgeons when asked during their first year after qualification. Career choices for the surgical specialties as a whole were compared with career choices for non-surgical specialties. We now report on early career choices of and career progression in individual specialties in surgery.