The study highlights a net gain in career preferences for anaesthetics in the years following medical qualification among the 1974 and 1977 cohorts.
May inform anaesthetics workforce planning; leaves open whether preference shifts persist in contemporary cohorts.
At the pre-registration stage, about 4% of doctors who qualified in 1974 and about 5% of 1977 qualifiers gave anaesthetics as a first choice of career. Over the few years after qualifying, both cohorts showed a net gain in career preferences for anaesthetics. The progress of those choosing anaesthetics is described, and also the career paths of those becoming senior registrars in the specialty. Postgraduate qualifications, non-anaesthetic and overseas experience are analysed. Discussion deals with breadth of experience, women doctors and manpower implications.
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