Table 1 Postgraduate qualifications of Australian specialist trainees 2010, 2014 MABEL waves 5–7
From: Additional qualifications of trainees in specialist training programs in Australia
Any Postgraduate or Research Qualifications | PhD | Master’s Degree | Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate | Medical School Research Degree | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speciality | n | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
Anaesthesia | 127 | 56 | (44.1%) | 3 | (2.4%) | 5 | (3.9%) | 22 | (17.3%) | 41 | (32.3%) |
Dermatology | 17 | 7 | (41.2%) | 0 | (0%) | 3 | (17.6%) | 0 | (0%) | 6 | (35.3%) |
Emergency medicine | 128 | 47 | (36.7%) | 0 | (0%) | 12 | (9.4%) | 24 | (18.8%) | 23 | (18%) |
Intensive care medicine | 41 | 16 | (39%) | 0 | (0%) | 3 | (7.3%) | 10 | (24.4%) | 7 | (17.1%) |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 90 | 49 | (54.4%) | 3 | (3.3%) | 13 | (14.4%) | 23 | (25.6%) | 31 | (34.4%) |
Ophthalmology | 14 | 11 | (78.6%) (95%CI 49.2–95.3) | 3 | (21.4%) (95%CI 4.6–50.7) | 6 | (42.9%) (95%CI 17.6–71.1) | 1 | (7.1%) | 7 | (50%) (95%CI 23–77) |
Paediatrics and child health | 114 | 77 | (67.5%) | 5 | (4.4%) | 13 | (11.4%) | 47 | (41.2%) (95%CI 32.1–50.8) | 38 | (33.3%) |
Pathology | 41 | 15 | (36.6%) | 0 | (0%) | 1 | (2.4%) | 5 | (12.2%) | 13 | (31.7%) |
Physician | 241 | 103 | (42.7%) | 4 | (1.7%) | 15 | (6.2%) | 23 | (9.5%) | 84 | (34.9%) |
Psychiatry | 69 | 24 | (34.8%) | 2 | (2.9%) | 7 | (10.1%) | 4 | (5.8%) | 16 | (23.2%) |
Radiation oncology | 13 | 5 | (38.5%) | 0 | (0%) | 1 | (7.7%) | 1 | (7.7%) | 4 | (30.8%) |
Radiology | 28 | 14 | (50%) | 0 | (0%) | 3 | (10.7%) | 3 | (10.7%) | 9 | (32.1%) |
Surgery | 72 | 41 | (56.9%) | 4 | (5.6%) | 18 | (25%) | 14 | (19.4%) | 23 | (31.9%) |
Total | 995 | 465 | (46.7%) (95%CI 43.6–49.8) | 24 | (2.4%) (95%CI 1.4–3.3) | 100 | (10.1%) (95% CI 8.2–11.9) | 177 | (17.8%) (95%CI 15.4–20.1) | 302 | (30.4%) (95%CI 27.5–33.2) |