UK Medical Careers Research Group - another entry

I wrote a little while ago about the UK Medical Careers Research Group survey of 1999 medical school graduates, and how I had answered (most of) the questions. I also mentioned that I'd been taking part in it for the past however many years - well, we've been surveyed a number of times. Now - revelation! - I was tidying up just the other day and came across the form from 2004-05. So I guess I didn't send it in. Is it now too late? Anyway, some of it I'd filled in, other bits are obvious, so I've included it below...

Career Preferences and Experiences of Doctors who Qualified in 1999 - 2006/7 Survey

Have you made up your mind about your choice of long-term career?

Probably

What is your choice of career?

Paediatric Cardiology

Developmental Aid/Overseas support (e.g. MSF work) [unsure yet about whether these two are of equal preference or not]

How much has each of the following factors influenced your career choice?

	Not at all	A little	A great deal
wanting a career that fits my domestic circumstances			X
Wanting a career with acceptable hours/working conditions			X
Experience of chosen subject as a student	X
Enthusiasm/commitment: what I really want to do			X
Self-appraisal of own skills/aptitudes			X
Inclinations before medical school	X
Future financial prospects	X
A particular teacher/department		X
Advice from others		X
Experience of jobs so far			X
Career and promotion prospects		X
Other reasons*

^*If 'Other reasons' influenced your career choice, please give details of those reasons

Apart from temporary visits abroad, do you intend to practise medicine in the United Kingdom for the foreseeable future?

Yes - probably.

If you did not answer 'Yes-definitely,' what are you considering?

Practising medicine abroad

What is your main reason for planning to do so?

Development/Aid work would, by definition almost, require working overseas

Which country or continent?

Anywhere

Do you feel committed to a long-term career in the NHS?

Yes - definitely

If you did not answer 'Yes - definitely,' what changes to the NHS would increase your commitment or encourage you to return (if you have left)?

Please name any specialty for which you considered applying for postgraduate training but have now decided against:

Paediatrics

Why did you decide against it?

[no reason given]

Have you applied for a National Training Number (NTN)?

No

If no, why not?

I have not yet applied for an NTN but I intend to do so

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I did not complete any of the rest of the form, mainly because I did not receive it until about this time of year (March) as I'd been travelling back to the UK and by that time all my plans were in disarray: I was going to stay in Australia and work with the New South Wales Emergency Transfer team, but a number of things about Australia hacked me off (some was detailed on pRevolution.org but much was left unsaid) and so I'd felt it was better to leave and aim for MSF instead... but thereafter I got lost and sucked into other things, such as looking after an elderly relative in the States. As they say, the rest is history...