Wakeford R, Lyon J, Evered D, Saunders N
Lancet. 1985 Aug 3;2(8449):262-5. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(85)90303-4.
262 doctors in research oriented posts completed a questionnaire on their career and influences upon it. 14% did not regard themselves as committed to a career in research. Of those who did, less than one-third made their choice by graduation; almost half did so 3 or more years after qualification. For 41%, research was a planned career; 39% developed their interest within a job that was not necessarily research oriented; and 20% entered research fortuitously. 29% of the sample had undertaken intercalated degrees. 50% had a higher medical degree, 14% had a non-medical research degree, and a further 11% had both; 25% possessed neither. The most frequently reported positive influence on the decision to follow a research career was intrinsic motivation (eg, interest in a particular subject), though a teacher or mentor had a considerable influence on the decision of 59% of respondents. Only 40% of respondents did some research at medical school; of these, 43% thought that it had positively affected them considerably, and only 16% that it had not done so at all.
262名从事研究岗位的医生完成了一份关于他们的职业及其影响因素的调查问卷。14%的人不认为自己致力于研究事业。在那些认为自己致力于研究事业的人中，不到三分之一在毕业时做出了选择；近一半的人是在获得资格3年或更长时间后做出选择的。对于41%的人来说，研究是一项有规划的职业；39%的人在不一定以研究为导向的工作中培养了兴趣；20%的人偶然进入了研究领域。29%的样本获得了插读学位。50%的人拥有更高的医学学位，14%的人拥有非医学研究学位，另有11%的人两者都有；25%的人两者都没有。对从事研究事业的决定最常被提及的积极影响是内在动机（例如，对特定学科的兴趣），不过，一位教师或导师对59%的受访者的决定有相当大的影响。只有40%的受访者在医学院做过一些研究；其中，43%的人认为这对他们有很大的积极影响，只有16%的人认为完全没有影响。
