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Table 1 Percentages (numbers /row-total) of doctors working in anaesthesia 10 years after qualification within each original choice group in years 1, 3 and 5

From: Aspirations to become an anaesthetist: longitudinal study of historical trends and trajectories of UK-qualified doctors’ early career choices and of factors that have influenced their choices

 

Doctors working as anaesthetists in year 10

Original Choice of Anaesthesia

All

Women

Men

Untied first choice Year 1

60.3% (374/620)

56.8% (172/303)

63.7% (202/317)

Tied first choice Year 1

51.7% (445/860)

46.8% (205/438)

56.9% (240/422)

Not chosen in year 1

3.1% (238/7599)

2.5% (108/4254)

3.9% (130/3345)

Untied first choice Year 3

79.5% (578/727)

76.9% (256/333)

81.7% (322/394)

Tied first choice Year 3

74.5% (627/842)

72.3% (279/386)

76.3% (348/456)

Not chosen in year 3

1.4% (115/8004)

1.1% (48/4483)

1.9% (67/3521)

Untied first choice Year 5

91.5% (664/726)

90.1% (302/335)

92.6% (362/391)

Tied first choice Year 5

88.6% (738/833)

87.6% (332/379)

89.4% (406/454)

Not chosen in year 5

0.5% (45/8219)

0.4% (17/4628)

0.8% (28/3591)