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A study of junior doctors to investigate the factors that influence career decisions

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Gordon Ferguson, Helen Richardson

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Abstract

Both pre-registration house officers and general practitioner (GP) registrars agree on several desirable and undesirable factors that define their ideal career. These relate to fulfilling clinical work and preservation of a meaningful personal life. Many young doctors regret their choice of medicine as a career because of poor job conditions and stress and perceive career advice as inadequate. GPs' influence over junior doctors at the time of their career decision making is very limited compared with that of consultants.

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Author(s): Blades DS, Ferguson G, Richardson HC, Redfern N

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: British Journal of General Practice

Year: 2000

Volume: 50

Issue: 455

Pages: 483-485

ISSN (print): 0960-1643

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Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1313730/pdf/10962790.pdf

PubMed id: 1313730

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