Table 2 Percentage of doctors working in anaesthesia in year 10, tabulated by their career preferences in combinations of years 1, 3 and 5; and percentages of doctors in other hospital specialties in year 10 tabulated by their early preferences for anaesthesia
Specialty in year 10 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anaesthesia | Other hospital specialties | |||||
When did they choose Anaesthesia as their only first choice? | ALL | Women | Men | ALL | Women | Men |
N = 608 | N = 281 | N = 327 | N = 6518 | N = 3769 | N = 2749 | |
Year 1, Year 3 and Year 5 | 42.8% | 45.6% | 40.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Years 3 and 5 | 25.2% | 24.9% | 25.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Year 5 only | 11.5% | 13.5% | 9.8% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Years 1 and 5 | 3.3% | 1.8% | 4.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Never as unique first choice | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 96.0% | 96.2% | 95.8% |
Years 1 and 3 | 3.6% | 2.5% | 4.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
Year 3 only | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
Year 1 only | 1.5% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% |