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Table 2 Year 1 and 5 speciality choices, presented in descending popularity left to right

From: A survey of factors influencing career preference in new-entrant and exiting medical students from four UK medical schools

 

Year 1

Specialty

Medicine

GP

Surgery

Paediatrics

Emergency medicine

Obstetrics and gynae

Anaesthetics

Diagnostics

Top 3 count n

822

603

483

430

334

127

111

75

%

61.7

45.3

36.3

32.3

25.1

9.5

8.3

5.6

 

Year 5

Specialty

Medicine

GP

Emergency medicine

Anaesthetics

Surgery

Paediatrics

Obstetrics and gynae

Diagnostics

Top 3 count n

603

559

416

334

268

263

222

80

%

59.2

55.3

41.1

33.0

26.5

26.0

22.0

7.9

  1. Numbers refer to those choosing the specialty as top three choice (%).