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Notice Board - November 2011

More than half of trainees are female, report shows

30 November 2011

MORE than half of foundation year doctors are female, according to a new report.

Between August 2010 and August 2011, 59 per cent of F1 doctors and 61 per cent of F2’s were female.

The figures were revealed in the third edition of the UK Foundation Programme Office’s Foundation Programme Annual Report.

Twenty-five schools responded to the report which is divided into four sections: foundation schools, delivering foundation training, progression and outcomes, and recruitment.

Other details revealed in the report include the top three specialties experienced by F1 doctors which are general surgery (83.4 per cent), general (internal) medicine (64.4 per cent) and geriatric medicine (23.7 per cent). For F2 doctors, the top three are general practice (42 per cent), emergency medicine (41 per cent) and general (internal) medicine (20.4 per cent).

Read the full report here.