Table 5 Frequency of correct identification of activities and number of indications of interest
No. groups correctly identifying activity a | Expressions of interest b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Activity | Session 2 | Session 3 | Total | Session 2 | Session 3 | Total |
Examining dead bodies from a crime scene | 8 (100%) | 7 (88%) | 15 (94%) | 30 (14.9%) | 24 (12%) | 54 (13.5%) |
Examining dead bodies to work out the cause of death | 7 (88%) | 7 (88%) | 14 (88%) | 15 (7.5%) | 16 (8%) | 31 (7.7%) |
Working with sports teams and athletes | 1 (12%) | 1 (12%) | 2 (13%) | 13 (6.5%) | 17 (8.5%) | 30 (7.5%) |
Looking after children and young people when they are in hospital | 6 (75%) | 7 (88%) | 13 (81%) | 8 (4%) | 21 (10.5%) | 29 (7.2%) |
Working in the Army/RAF/Navy | 5 (62%) | 7 (88%) | 12 (75%) | 12 (6%) | 17 (8.5%) | 29 (7.2%) |
Talking to people with mental health problems | 5 (62%) | 2 (25%) | 7 (44%) | 11 (5.5%) | 16 (8%) | 27 (6.7%) |
Helping people with cancer | 8 (100%) | 8 (100%) | 16 (100%) | 10 (5%) | 16 (8%) | 26 (6.5%) |
Performing operations | 8 (100%) | 8 (100%) | 16 (100%) | 18 (9%) | 7 (3.5%) | 25 (6.2%) |
Developing new treatments or drugs | 5 (62%) | 6 (75%) | 11 (69%) | 12 (6%) | 13 (6.5%) | 25 (6.2%) |
Looking after babies when they are born prematurely | 4 (50%) | 5 (62%) | 9 (56%) | 12 (6%) | 7 (3.5%) | 19 (4.7%) |
Researching new ways to try and cure diseases | 5 (62%) | 4 (50%) | 9 (56%) | 8 (4%) | 7 (3.5%) | 15 (3.7%) |
Diagnosing illness from X-rays and scans | 8 (100%) | 7 (88%) | 15 (94%) | 8 (4%) | 2 (1%) | 10 (2.5%) |
Talking to people about their everyday problems | 1 (12%) | 4 (50%) | 5 (31%) | 4 (2%) | 6 (3%) | 10 (2.5%) |
Putting people to sleep before an operation | 8 (100%) | 8 (100%) | 16 (100%) | 9 (4.5%) | 0 | 9 (2.2%) |
Tracking the spread of diseases and trying to prevent spreading | 7 (88%) | 7 (88%) | 14 (88%) | 2 (1%) | 6 (3%) | 8 (2%) |
Teaching students | 2 (25%) | 5 (62%) | 7 (44%) | 2 (1%) | 5 (2.5%) | 7 (1.7%) |
Helping people overcome disability | 2 (25%) | 4 (50%) | 6 (38%) | 5 (2.5%) | 2 (1%) | 7 (1.7%) |
Caring for people at the end of their life | 2 (25%) | 2 (25%) | 4 (25%) | 5 (2.5%) | 2 (1%) | 7 (1.7%) |
Looking through a microscope to diagnose diseases | 8 (100%) | 8 (100%) | 16 (100%) | 6 (3%) | 0 | 6 (1.5%) |
Finding out what people are allergic to | 8 (100%) | 7 (88%) | 15 (94%) | 2 (1%) | 3 (1.5%) | 5 (1.2%) |
Helping elderly people | 1 (12%) | 5 (62%) | 6 (38%) | 4 (2%) | 1 (0.5%) | 5 (1.2%) |
Delivering babies by performing an operation (C-section) | 7 (88%) | 8 (100%) | 15 (94%) | 1 (0.5%) | 3 (1.5%) | 4 (1%) |
Giving injections | 7 (88%) | 8 (100%) | 15 (94%) | 1 (0.5%) | 3 (1.5%) | 4 (1%) |
Performing CPR (resuscitation) to try and save someone’s life | 7 (88%) | 7 (88%) | 14 (88%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (1%) | 3 (0.7%) |
Helping pregnant women if they develop problems | 2 (25%) | 8 (100%) | 10 (63%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (1%) | 3 (0.7%) |
Prescribing medicines to people | 5 (62%) | 6 (75%) | 11 (69%) | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (0.5%) |
Sending people home from hospital | 5 (62%) | 5 (62%) | 10 (63%) | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.2%) |
Organising the delivery of healthcare in a region | 3 (38%) | 1 (12%) | 4 (25%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Developing campaigns to improve the health of everyone - stopping smoking, sexual health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Working for a company to make sure people’s workplaces are safe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 201 | 200 | 401 | |||