Next steps in dermatology training: choosing to enter higher speciality training and the transition from trainee to consultant dermatologist.

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
I AshrafH S Young

Abstract

Junior doctors are required to make career decisions at an early stage in their postgraduate training. Trainees also feel inadequately prepared for the transition to consultant roles. To explore the key factors influencing the choice of dermatology as a postgraduate medical career and to identify the training needs required for transition from trainee to consultant. An online questionnaire was designed to identify (i) why trainees chose a postgraduate medical career in dermatology, and (ii) the training required for transition from trainee to consultant. In total, 46 responses were received from trainees in their first to final years (ST3-6), of whom 89% had undertaken an undergraduate dermatology placement, with a median duration of 2 weeks. Dermatology was considered as a career during medical school by 61% of trainees, and 41% confirmed their decision to pursue a career in dermatology during foundation training. The most influential factors involved in speciality selection were first, enjoyment of the work, second, postgraduate experience and equal third, the variety of the speciality and the regularity of working hours (P < 0.05). Mentoring was pivotal to career decision-making. Significant numbers of trainees expressed a n...Continue Reading

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