Table 4

Percentages (and numbers) of doctors from each medical school who specified Ophthalmology as first choice of career at one (1974–2002), three (1974–2000) and five (1974–1980, 1993 & 1996) years after graduation

Clinical Medical School
Percentages (Numbers) choosing Ophthalmology



Year One
Year Three
Year Five

Birmingham
1.9 (21)
1.4 (15)
1.3 (11)
Bristol
2.0 (18)
1.4 (12)
1.5 (10)
Cambridge
4.0 (21)
2.7 (14)
1.6 (6)
Leeds
1.6 (15)
1.2 (11)
1.5 (11)
Leicester
1.8 (11)
1.5 (9)
1.3 (5)
Liverpool
1.5 (14)
1.1 (10)
0.8 (6)
Manchester
2.4 (40)
2.0 (31)
1.9 (22)
Newcastle
1.6 (15)
1.6 (15)
1.3 (9)
Nottingham
1.6 (12)
2.0 (15)
1.7 (9)
Oxford
3.4 (21)
3.1 (18)
2.8 (12)
Sheffield
1.4 (14)
0.9 (8)
1.2 (6)
Southampton
3.4 (24)
2.6 (18)
2.4 (12)
Imperial College
1.8 (32)
1.9 (31)
1.6 (20)
King's College
2.2 (44)
2.0 (38)
1.8 (26)
Queen Mary & Westfield
1.6 (23)
2.2 (28)
1.9 (19)
St George's
2.3 (16)
3.0 (19)
2.7 (13)
University College London
1.5 (31)
1.7 (32)
1.4 (21)
Aberdeen
1.5 (12)
1.0 (8)
0.8 (5)
Dundee
2.7 (20)
2.2 (15)
1.9 (10)
Edinburgh
1.3 (16)
1.0 (12)
1.3 (12)
Glasgow
1.1 (16)
1.0 (14)
1.1 (11)
Wales
1.8 (18)
1.6 (14)
1.1 (8)
Belfast
2.2 (19)
1.6 (14)
1.5 (9)

Total
1.9 (473)
1.7 (401)
1.6 (275)

Numbers of respondents were 24611 in Year One, 23377 in Year Three and 17686 in Year Five. The medical school is unknown for 10 Year One respondents, 91 Year Three respondents and 1 Year Five respondent: these respondents are excluded.

Lambert et al. BMC Ophthalmology 2008 8:3   doi:10.1186/1471-2415-8-3