ArticleJRSM open2014
Choosing a career in paediatrics: do trainees' views change over the first year of specialty training?
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- Asking to advance: a discourse analytic perspective on how Socratic questioning scaffolds medical house officers' expertise.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- What can be done to ease the transition to becoming a new paediatric registrar?BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Why choose paediatrics? A scoping review of factors affecting the choice of paediatrics as a career.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Primary care pediatrician perceptions towards mental health within the primary care setting.Pediatric research · 2021Review
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- The Driving Factors Important for Evaluation Student's Opinion which Influenced Decision Making of Career Choice: Pediatrics as a Career Choice as an Example.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo look at why a regional cohort of UK doctors chose a paediatric career and to ascertain views on their career near the end of training year one.
designA 20-item questionnaire was sent to all new regional paediatric specialty trainees. Three focus groups were held with trainees near the end of year one to elicit key themes.
settingWest Midlands Deanery, UK.
participantsTwenty-nine new regional paediatric specialty trainees in year one completed the questionnaire. A total of 15 trainees participated in the focus groups near the end of year one training.
main outcome measuresReasons for choosing a paediatric career and factors which further influence career choice for trainees during their first specialty training year.
resultsKey influencing factors for choosing paediatrics were enjoying working with children and positive undergraduate experience of the specialty. All trainees had paediatrics as their first choice specialty and undertook a paediatric Foundation post. Near the end of year one, doubts were cast on career aspirations due to seeing middle grade colleagues struggling with work-life balance and a growing feeling that family came first.
conclusionsSenior trainees need to be aware that they act as powerful role models for their more junior colleagues and therefore have an influential role on how juniors perceive a paediatric career. Family friendly flexible working patterns in paediatrics are vital to retain junior trainees. All paediatric staff are role models and need to be enthusiastic, keen to teach and to promote a positive working environment.
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