Egerton E A
Med Educ. 1983 Mar;17(2):105-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1983.tb01109.x.
Questionnaires were distributed in 1979 to fourth-and final-year students and to doctors who graduated in 1977 in the second leg of a longitudinal career preference enquiry at Queen's University medical school. Replies were obtained from 98.5 and 92.3% respectively of the undergraduates and from 74.1% of the graduates. While approximately half fourth-and final-year were consistent with their first preference made two years previously for broad fields of practice, less than a quarter of fourth-and a third of final-year were consistent in their preference of specialty. The proportion of Ulster-born students intending to remain rose by 20%. All 103 graduate respondents were working except two. Almost half either did not intend to continue in their present discipline or were undecided. Forty-five per cent were practising the specialty they had elected as final year students indicating that stability of career choice was greater between final year and SHO grading than between fourth and final year. More respondents in anaesthetics and surgery than in any other specialty were consistent in their choice. Eighty-eight per cent of the Ulster-born respondents were resident here at the time of completing the questionnaire. Sixty per cent intended to practise here ultimately, an increase of 15% on 1977.
1979年，在女王大学医学院进行的一项纵向职业偏好调查的第二阶段，问卷被分发给了四年级和即将毕业的学生以及1977年毕业的医生。本科生和毕业生的回复率分别为98.5%和92.3%，毕业生的回复率为74.1%。虽然大约一半的四年级和即将毕业的学生与他们两年前对广泛执业领域的首次偏好一致，但四年级学生中不到四分之一、即将毕业的学生中三分之一的人在专业偏好上保持一致。打算留下来的阿尔斯特出生的学生比例上升了20%。除了两人之外，所有103名毕业受访者都在工作。几乎一半的人要么不打算继续从事目前的学科，要么尚未决定。45%的人正在从事他们作为最后一年学生选择的专业，这表明职业选择的稳定性在最后一年和住院医师培训阶段之间比在四年级和最后一年之间更大。麻醉和外科专业的受访者比其他任何专业的受访者在选择上更一致。88%的阿尔斯特出生的受访者在填写问卷时居住在这里。60%的人最终打算在这里执业，比1977年增加了15%。
