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Table 4 Career destinations at 10 years of doctors who expressed a career preference for neurology in years 1, 3, or 5

From: Junior doctors’ early career choices do not predict career destination in neurology: 40 years of surveys of UK medical graduates

 

Year 10 destinations

Neurology

N (%)

Other hospital physician specialties

N (%)

Others

N (%)

All destinations

N (%)

Year 1 1st choices

 Men choosing neurology

29 (47.5)

16 (26.2)

16 (26.2)

61 (100.0)

 Women choosing neurology

8 (24.2)

13 (39.4)

12 (36.4)

33 (100.0)

 Total choosing neurology

37 (39.4)

29 (30.9)

28 (29.8)

94 (100.0)

Year 3 1st choices

 Men choosing neurology

54 (70.1)

10 (13.0)

13 (16.9)

77 (100.0)

 Women choosing neurology

22 (50.0)

12 (27.3)

10 (22.7)

44 (100.0)

 Total choosing neurology

76 (62.8)

22 (18.2)

23 (19.0)

121 (100.0)

Year 5 1st choices

 Men choosing neurology

61 (95.3)

0 (0.0)

3 (4.7)

64 (100.0)

 Women choosing neurology

32 (74.4)

5 (11.6)

6 (14.0)

43 (100.0)

 Total choosing neurology

93 (86.9)

5 (4.7)

9 (8.4)

107 (100.0)

  1. p-values, comparing the percentages of men and women who chose neurology in each year who later worked as neurologists: year 1 p = .047; year 3 p = .045; year 5 p = .004