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- Title
Career choices of junior doctors: is the physician an endangered species?
- Authors
Chaudhuri, Ella; Mason, Nicola C.; Newbery, Nina; Goddard, Andrew F.
- Abstract
There are increasing concerns regarding the recruitment and retention within general medicine. National surveys were conducted among foundation year 2 doctors (FY2), year 1 and year 2 core medical trainees (CT1 and CT2) and medical registrars (StR/ST3+) exploring their enjoyment of medicine, overall satisfaction, career aspirations, influencing factors and perceptions of the medical registrar. The results highlight that many doctors at the FY2, CT1 and CT2 levels are being deterred from general medicine by the perceived unmanageable workload and poor work-life balance of the medical registrar. Medical registrars themselves are less satisfied in general internal medicine than they are in their main specialties. Therefore, priority needs to be placed on clarifying the roles, and improving the morale, of medical registrars. If current trends persist, these will have a significant impact on patient safety, patient care and workforce planning.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; AUTOMATIC data collection systems; EMPLOYEE recruitment; FAMILY medicine; HOSPITAL medical staff; JOB satisfaction; MEDICAL specialties &; specialists; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SATISFACTION; VOCATIONAL guidance; EMPLOYEES' workload; PHYSICIANS' attitudes; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Clinical Medicine, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 4, p330
- ISSN
1470-2118
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7861/clinmedicine.13-4-330