Background The percentage of newly qualified doctors in the UK who want a career in
general practice declined substantially in the 1990s. The English Department of Health …

Background Less than one-third of newly qualified doctors in the UK want a career in
general practice. The English Department of Health expects that half of all newly qualified …

Objectives To report the specialty choices of UK medical graduates of 2002, and to compare
their choices with those of qualifiers in previous years and with the profile of career grade …

The shortage of general practitioners in Australia is likely to continue unless more doctors
choose general practice as a career. The aim of this qualitative research was to explore the …

Objectives: To compare specialty choices of the UK medical graduates of 2005, 2008 and
2009, one year after graduation, with those of graduates from previous years and with the …

Objective To report on doctors' early choices of specialty at selected intervals after
qualification, and eventual career destinations. Design Questionnaire surveys. Setting …

Objective: To monitor the future career preferences of medical students throughout their
undergraduate years and into their postgraduate career, and to evaluate which factors may …

Objective Recent UK policy has been to increase substantially the number of graduate
entrants to medical schools. Our aim was to study whether graduate and non‐graduate …

This study is seeking to establish the factors influencing foundation doctors' decision-making
when applying for speciality training. A questionnaire was sent to all foundation doctors in …

BACKGROUND: In recent years there have been difficulties with recruitment in the United
Kingdom (UK) to principalships in general practice. AIM: To compare recruitment trends in …