PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ella Chaudhuri
AU  - Nicola C Mason
AU  - Nina Newbery
AU  - Andrew F Goddard
TI  - Career choices of junior doctors: is the physician an endangered species?
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-4-330
DP  - 2013 Aug 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 330--335
VI  - 13
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/4/330.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/4/330.full
SO  - Clin Med2013 Aug 01; 13
AB  - 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.