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Abstract

As in other hospital specialties, an increasing proportion of neurology trainees are female. To predict the workforce implications it is necessary to determine what life choices future neurologists will make. A questionnaire survey of life choices was administered to neurology consultants and trainees, general medical senior house officers, and medical students. Of the 344 respondents, 3% of specialist registrars (SpRs) and 4.6% of consultants work part time. Eighty-seven per cent of female and 22% of male junior doctors plan to work part time for, on average, 7.5 and 1.5 years respectively. Thirty percent of consultants also plan to work part time. A number of SpRs (14.3%) and consultants (6%) have taken a career break while 37.5% of SpRs and 18.2% of consultants are planning a career break. The changing demands of both sexes will have a greater impact on the neurology workforce than the increasing proportion of women alone. Increased part-time working will require additional trainees to ensure service requirements are met.

DOI

10.7861/clinmedicine.7-4-339

Publication Date

2007-08-01

Publication Title

Clin Med (Lond)

Volume

7

Issue

4

ISSN

1470-2118

Organisational Unit

Peninsula Medical School

Keywords

Adult, Career Choice, Female, Feminization, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neurology, Physicians, Women, State Medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, United Kingdom, Workforce

First Page

339

Last Page

342

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