Trevor William Lambert

Views of UK doctors in training on the timing of choosing a clinical specialty: quantitative and qualitative analysis of surveys 3 years after graduation Shelly Lachish, Michael J Goldacre, Trevor William Lambert UK Medical Careers Research Group, Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Correspondence to Trevor William Lambert, UK Medical Careers Research Group, Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of...

Introduction Understanding the determinants of medical career paths and the decision-making processes of doctors in training is of critical importance to health service providers, government agencies, policy makers and medical educators and trainers.

In the qualification cohort of 2015, 1 year after graduation, just over a quarter of first choices were for general practice and a quarter for the hospital medical specialties. Proportionately more women than men chose general practice and obstetrics and gynaecology, and more men than women chose surgery, anaesthesia and radiology.