Papers published by the Medical Careers Research Group from 1996-2018

Last updated: 19 February 2018

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133. Retirement ages of senior UK doctors: national surveys of the medical graduates of 1974 and 1977.BMJ Open.[Smith F, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW]

132.Early career choices for emergency medicine and later career destinations: national surveys of UK medical graduates.Emergency Medicine.[Smith F, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW]

131.Career choices and career progression of junior doctors in dermatology: surveys of UK medical graduates.Dermatology Research and Practice [Barat A, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW]

130.The characteristics and views of early retirees compared with doctors still in work: views of the UK medical graduates of 1983 surveyed in 2016.Future Healthcare [Smith F, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

129.Factors associated with consistency between early preferences of career specialty and eventual specialty careers: results from ten year follow up surveys of UK medical graduates of 1999-2005. BMJ Open [Surman G, Trevor Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

128.Views of UK doctors in training on the timing of choosing a clinical specialty: quantitative and qualitative analysis of surveys 3 years after graduation.Postgraduate Medical Journal[Lachish S, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

127.Career choices for nephrology and factors influencing them: surveys of UK medical graduates.JRSM Open[Barat A, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

126.Junior doctors' early career choices and later career progression in neurology: 40 years of surveys of UK medical graduates.BMC Medical Education [Barat A, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

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125.Career specialty choices of United Kingdom medical graduates of 2015 compared with earlier cohorts: questionnaire surveys. Postgraduate Medical Journal2018;0:1–7. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2017-135309 [Epub ahead of print] [Lambert TW, Smith F, Goldacre MJ].

124.Why doctors consider leaving UK medicine: qualitative analysis of comments from questionnaire surveys three years after graduation. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2018Jan;111(1):18-30. doi: 10.1177/0141076817738502. Epub 2017 Oct 16.[Lambert TW, Smith F, Goldacre MJ].

123.Changes needed to medicine in the United Kingdom before senior UK-trained doctors, working outside the UK, will return: questionnaire surveys undertaken between 2004 and 2015.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open 20178(12) 1–9. [Lambert T, Smith F, Goldacre MJ].

122.Factors influencing the decisions of senior UK doctors to retire or remain in medicine: national surveys of the UK-trained medical graduates of 1974 and 1977.BMJ Open 2017 Oct 31;7(9):e017650. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017650. [Smith F, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

121.UK-trained junior doctors' intentions to work in UK medicine: questionnaire surveys, three years after graduation.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2017 Dec;110(12):493-500. doi: 10.1177/0141076817738500. Epub 2017 Nov 8.[Surman G, Lambert TW, Goldacre M.]J R Soc Med.2017

120.Aspirations to become an anaesthetist: longitudinal study of trajectories of UK-qualified doctors’ early career choices and of factors that have influenced their choices. BMC Anesthesiology2017 Jul 25;17(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s12871-017-0392-5. [Emmanouil B, Goldacre MJ, Lambert T].

119.Adverse effects on health and well-being of working as a doctor: views of the UK medical graduates of 1974 and 1977 surveyed in 2014. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2017 Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2017 May;110(5):198-207. doi: 10.1177/0141076817697489. Epub 2017 Jan 1. [Smith F, Goldacre MJ, Lambert T].

118.Trends in attractiveness of general practice as a career: questionnaire surveys of UK-trained doctors. British Journal of General Practice2017 Apr;67(657):e238-e247. doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X689893. Epub 2017 Mar 13. [Smith F, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

117.Combining parenthood with a medical career: questionnaire survey of the UK medical graduates of 2002 covering some influences and experiences. BMJ Open 2017 Aug 23;7(8):e016822. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016822. [Lambert T, Smith F, Goldacre MJ].

116.Changes in factors influencing doctors’ career choices between one and five years after graduation: questionnaire surveys of UK doctors.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine2016, 109(11) 416–425. DOI: 10.1177/0141076816672432 [Lambert T, Smith F, Goldacre MJ].

115.Adequacy of postgraduate medical training: views of different generations of UK-trained doctors.Postgraduate Medical Journal 2017 Nov;93(1105):665-670. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-13456. Epub 2017 May 8. [Smith F, Goldacre MJ, Lambert T].

114.Factors associated with less-than-full-time working in medical practice: results of surveys of five cohorts of UK doctors, 10 years after graduation.Human Resources for Health2016, 14:62. DOI 10.1186/s12960-016-0162-3 [Lachish S, Goldacre MJ, SvirkoE, Lambert T].

113.Perceived future career prospects in general practice: questionnaire surveys of UK doctors.British Journal of General Practice 2016 Nov;66(652):e848-e857. DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X687025[Lambert T, Smith F, Goldacre MJ].

112.Associations between institutional support, attitudes to work, and job enjoyment in first-year doctors in the UK: national questionnaire surveys.BMC Medical Education 2016 May 23;16:151. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0673-6.[Lachish S, Goldacre M, Lambert T].

111.Self-reported preparedness for clinical work has increased amongst recent cohorts of UK-trained first-year doctors.Postgraduate Medical Journal 2016 Aug;92(1090):460-5. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133858. Epub 2016 Feb 22. [Lachish S, Goldacre M, Lambert T].

110.Doctors’ enjoyment of their work and satisfaction with time available for leisure: UK time trend questionnaire-based study.Postgraduate Medical Journal2016;0:1–7. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133743.[Surman G, Lambert TW, Goldacre M.]

109.The impact of the European Working Time Directive ten years on: views of the UK medical graduates of 2002 surveyed in 2013-2014.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open 2016 Feb 18;7(3):2054270416632703. doi: 10.1177/2054270416632703. eCollection 2016 Mar. [Lambert TW, Smith F, Goldacre MJ.]

108.Working as a doctor when acutely ill: comments made by doctors responding to UK surveys.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open 2016 Mar 3;7(4):2054270416635035. doi: 10.1177/2054270416635035. eCollection 2016 Apr. [Smith F, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW]

107.Working as a doctor when chronically ill or disabled: comments made by doctors responding to UK surveys.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine OpenJRSM Open, July 2016; vol. 7, 7: 2054270416649282.[Smith F, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW]

106.Making clinical academic careers more attractive: views from questionnaire surveys of senior UK doctors.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open;2015, Vol. 6(8) 1–13. doi: 10.1177/2054270415602644.[Lambert TW, Smith F, Goldacre MJ].

105.Doctors currently in jobs with academic content and their future intentions to pursue clinical academic careers.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open 2015 Mar 2;6(2):2054270414567523. doi: 10.1177/2054270414567523. [Lambert TW, Smith F, Goldacre MJ]

104.Factors influencing junior doctors’ choices of futurespecialty: trends over time and demographics based onresults from UK national surveys. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; 2015, Vol. 108(10) 396–405 doi: 10.1177/0141076815599674.[Smith F, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

103.Career progression of men and women doctors in the UK NHS: a questionnaire study of the UK medical qualifiers of 1993 in 2010/11.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open2014, Nov 7. doi:10.1177/2054270414554050. [SvirkoE, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

102.Doctors’ views about their work, education and training three years after graduation in the UK: questionnaire survey.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open 2015 Dec; 6(12): 2054270415616309.doi: 10.1177/2054270415616309. [Lambert TW, Smith F, Goldacre MJ]

101.Influence of training changes on the stability of specialty choices of the UK medical graduates.Postgraduate Medical Journal 2015, Jan 17. doi: 10.1177/0141076814555937. [SvirkoE, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

100.Views of senior UK doctors about working in medicine: questionnaire survey.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open2014, Nov 7. doi:10.1177/2054270414554049 [Lambert TW, Smith F, Goldacre MJ]

99.UK doctors and equal opportunities in the NHS: national questionnaire surveys of views on gender, ethnicity and disability. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine2014107(10): 398-408. doi: 10.1177/0141076814541848[Lambert TW, Surman G, Goldacre MJ]

98.Doctors' views about training and future careers expressed one year after graduation by UK-trained doctors: questionnaire surveys undertaken in 2009 and 2010.BMC Medical Education 2014Dec 21;14:270. doi: 10.1186/s12909-014-0270-5. [Maisonneuve JJ, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

97.Demographic characteristics of doctors who intend to follow clinical academic careers: UK national questionnaire surveys. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2014. Aug 18. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-132681.[Smith F, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

96.UK doctors’ views on the implementation of the European Working Time Directive as applied to medical practice: a quantitative analysis.BMJ Open 2014 Feb 6;4(2):e004391. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004391. [Maisonneuve JJ, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

95.UK doctors’ views on the implementation of the European Working Time Directive as applied to medical practice: a qualitative analysis.BMJ Open 2014 Feb 6;4(2):e004390. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004390. [Clarke RT, Pitcher A, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

94.Career choices for geriatric medicine: national surveys of graduates of 1974-2009 from all UK medical schools.Age and Ageing2014 Jul;43(4):535-41. doi: 10.1093/ageing/aft211. Epub 2014 Jan 14. [Maisonneuve JJ, Pulford C, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

93.GPs' job satisfaction: doctors who chose general practice early or late.British Journal of General Practice2013;63(616):e726-e733. [Lambert T, Smith F, Goldacre M]

92.Gender, ethnicity, and graduate status, and junior doctors’ self-reported preparedness for clinical practice: national questionnaire surveys.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine2014 Feb;107(2):66-74. doi: 10.1177/0141076813502956. Epub 2013 Oct 9. [Svirko E, Lambert T, Goldacre MJ]

91.Trends in junior doctors’ certainty about their career choice of eventual clinical specialty: UK surveys. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2013 2013 Nov;89(1057):632-7. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131629. Epub 2013 Jul 9. [Surman G, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ]

90.Career choices for emergency medicine: national surveys of graduates of 1993-2009 from all UK medical schools. Emergency Medicine 2013 April 11;0:1–6. doi:10.1136/emermed-2013-202460 [Svirko E, Lambert T, Brand L, Goldacre MJ].

89.Views of UK-trained medical graduates of 1999-2009 about their first postgraduate year of training: national surveys.BMJ Open 2013 Apr 2 11: doi:pii: e002723. 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002723. Print 2013.PMID: 23550094 [Lambert TW, Surman G, Goldacre MJ].

88.Career choices for cardiology: cohort studies of UK medical graduates.BMC Medical Education 2013 Jan 25;13:10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-10.PMID: 23351301 [Smith F, Lambert TW, Pitcher A, Goldacre MJ].

87.Career choices of the UK-qualified medical graduates of 2005, 2008 and 2009: questionnaire surveys.Medical Teacher,2013 May;35(5):365-75. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.746450. Epub 2013 Jan 29.[Svirko E, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

86.Reasons why doctors choose or reject careers in general practice: nationalsurveys. British Journal of General Practice2012;DOI:10.3399/bjgp12X659330 [Lambert TW, Goldacre R, Smith F, Goldacre MJ].

85.Foundation doctors’ views on whether their medical school prepared them well for work: UK graduates of 2008 and 2009.Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2012 Dec 8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:23223778 [Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW, Svirko E].

84.Geographical movement of doctors from education to training and eventual career posts: UK cohort studies.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2013 Mar;106(3):96-104. doi: 10.1177/0141076812472617.PMID:23481431 [Goldacre M, Davidson J, Maisonneuve J, Lambert T].

83.UK-trained doctors’early career choices for, and career progression in, individual surgical specialties.Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2013 May;95(5):1-6.DOI: 10.1308/003588413X13625648805415 [Goldacre MJ, Lambert T, Surman G]

82.Choice and rejection of psychiatry as a career: surveys of UK medical graduates from 1974-2009. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2013 Mar;202:228-34. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.111153. Epub 2012 Oct 25. PMID: 23099446 [Goldacre MJ, Fazel S, Smith F, Lambert TW]. See also accompanying editorial at

81.Doctors’ age at domestic partnership and parenthood: comparisons of men, women, and different clinical specialties, in UK national cohort studies.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2012; 105: 390-399 [Goldacre MJ, Davidson JM, Lambert TW].

80.Participation in medicine by graduates of medical schools in the United Kingdom up to 25 years post-graduation: national surveys. Academic Medicine 2013 Mar 21. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:23524929 [Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

79.Doctors who considered but did not pursue specific clinical specialties as careers: questionnaire surveys. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2012 Apr;105(4):166-176. PMID:22532656 [Goldacre MJ, Goldacre R, Lambert TW].

78.Why UK-trained doctors leave the UK: cross-sectional survey of doctors in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine2012 105:25—34; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2011.110146 [Sharma A, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

77.Career plans and views of trainees in the Academic Clinical Fellowship Programme in England. Medical Teacher2011;33:e637–e643[Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW, Goldacre R, Hoang U].

76.Career choices for public health: cohort studies of graduates from UK medical schools. Journal of Public Health 2011 doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdr067 [Goldacre MJ, Laxton L, Lambert TW, Webster P].

75.Trends in doctors' early career choices for general practice in the UK: longitudinal questionnaire surveys. British Journal of General Practice 2011;61(588):e397-403. [Lambert T, Goldacre M].

74.Career choices in dermatology. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 2009,35:86–90. [Clayton R, Lambert T, Burge SM].

73.Career entry and career course of medical graduates in the United Kingdom. In Background, objectives and design of the project “Career entry and career perspectives of medical graduates in selected OECD countries; a comparative study”, edited by Hendrick van den Bussche, Numéro special 2010, Cahiers de sociologie et de démographicmédicales, Paris. [Lambert TW].

72.Views of junior doctors about whether their medical school prepared them well for work: questionnaire surveys. BMC Medical Education 2010;10:78. [Goldacre MJ, Taylor K, Lambert TW].

71.Early career choices and successful career progression in surgery in the UK: prospective cohort studies. BMC Surgery 2010;10:32. [Goldacre MJ, Laxton L, Harrison EM, Richards JMJ, Lambert TW, Parks RW].

70.The way I see it. The junior doctor exodus.British Medical Journal Careers:2010;October [Goldacre M, Davidson J, Lambert T].

69.Medical graduates’ early career choices of specialty and their eventual specialty destinations: UK prospective cohort studies. British Medical Journal 2010;340:c3199 doi:10.1136/bmj.c3199. [Goldacre MJ, Laxton L, Lambert TW].

68.Career destinations, views and future plans of the UK medical qualifiers of 1988. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2010;103:21-30. DOI 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090282.[Taylor KS, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

67.Retention in the British National Health Service of medical graduates trained in Britain: cohort studies. British Medical Journal 2009;338:b1977. [Goldacre MJ, Davidson JM, Lambert TW].

66.Career progression and destinations, comparing men and women in the NHS: postal questionnaire surveys. British Medical Journal 2009;338:b1735. [Taylor KS, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

65.Career choices made for the hospital medical specialties by graduates from UK medical schools, 1974-2005. Clinical Medicine 2009;9:42-48. [Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW, Laxton L].

64.Career choices for trauma and orthopaedic surgery: 30 years of surveys.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Supplement) 2008;90:134-8. [Goldacre MJ, Willett K, Lambert TW].

63.Career choices for ophthalmology made by newly qualified doctors in the United Kingdom, 1974–2005.BMC Ophthalmology 2008,8:3. doi:10.1186/1471-2415-8-3. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Bron, AJ].

62.Future career plans of a cohort of senior doctors working in the National Health Service. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2008;101:182-90. [Taylor K, Lambert T, Goldacre M].

61.Career destinations, job satisfaction and views of the UK medical qualifiers of 1977. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine2008;101:191-200. [Taylor K, Lambert T, Goldacre M].

60.The first house officer year: views of graduate and non-graduate entrants to medicine. Medical Education 2008;42:286-93. [Goldacre MJ, Davidson J, Lambert TW].

59.Newly qualified doctors’ views about whether their medical school had trained them well: questionnaire surveys. BMC Medical Education 2007;7:38. [Cave J, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW, Woolf K, Jones A, Dacre J].

58.Career preferences of graduate and non-graduate entrants to medical schools in the United Kingdom. Medical Education 2007;41:349-61. [Goldacre MJ, Davidson JM, Lambert TW].

57.Views of doctors in training on the importance and availability of career advice in UK medicine. Medical Education 2007;41:460-6. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

56.Career choices for paediatrics: national surveys of graduates of 1974-2002 from UK medical schools. Child: care, health and development 2007;33(3):340–6. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00664.X.[Turner G, Lambert TW, Goldacre M, Turner S].

55.Career choices for radiology: national surveys of graduates of 1974-2002 from UK medical schools.Clinical Radiology 2006;61:1047-54. [Turner G, Lambert TW, Goldacre M].

54.Doctors’ views about their first postgraduate year in UK medical practice: house officers in 2003. Medical Education 2006;40:1115-22. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

53.Career choices of the United Kingdom medical graduates of 2002: questionnaire survey. Medical Education 2006;40:514-21. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Turner G].

52.Reasons why some UK medical graduates who initially choose psychiatry do not pursue it as a long-term career. Psychological Medicine 2006;36:679-84. [Lambert TW, Turner G, Fazel S, Goldacre MJ].

51.Career choices for obstetrics and gynaecology: national surveys of graduates of 1974-2002 from UK medical schools. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2006;113:350-6. [Turner G, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Barlow D].

50.Career choices for pathology: national surveys of graduates of 1974-2002 from UK medical schools. Journal of Pathology 2006;208:446-52. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Turner G, Domizio P, du Boulay C].

49.Career choices for anaesthesia: national surveys of graduates of 1974-2002 from UK medical schools. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2005;95:332-8. [Turner G, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW, Sear].

48.Progression of junior doctors into higher specialist training. Medical Education 2005;39:573-9. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

47.Postal surveys of doctors’ careers: who writes comments and what do they write about? Quality & Quantity 2005;39:217-39. [Evans J, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

46.Career choices for psychiatry: national surveys of graduates of 1974-2000 from UK medical schools. British Journal of Psychiatry 2005;186:158-64 [Goldacre MJ, Turner G, Fazel S, Lambert TW].

45.Reasons for considering leaving UK medicine: questionnaire study of junior doctors' comments. British Medical Journal 2004.;329:1263-5, doi:10.1136/bmj.38247.594769.AE . [Moss P, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Lee P].

44.Estimation of numbers of British medical graduates working in the NHS: comparison of capture-recapture analysis and exhaustive tracing.Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2004;9(4) 234-6. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Davidson JM, Parkhouse J].

43.Pre-registration house officers’ comments about working in the NHS: a qualitative study of the views of UK medical graduates of 1999. Medical Teacher 2004; 26:250-5. [Evans J, Lee P, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

42.Country of training and ethnic origin of UK doctors: database and survey studies. British Medical Journal 2004;329:597-600, doi:10.1136/bmj.38202.364271.BE . [Goldacre MJ, Davidson JM, Lambert TW].

41.Characteristics of consultants who hold distinction awards in England and Wales: database analysis with particular reference to sex and ethnicity.British Medical Journal2004;328:1347-9, doi:10.1136/bmj.38062.639190.44 . [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Vallance E, Mallick N].

40.“Is there anything else you would like to tell us?” – methodological issues in the use of free-text comments from postal surveys. Quality and Quantity 2004;38:113-25. [Garcia J, Evans J, Redshaw M].

39.Variation by medical school in career choices of UK graduates of 1999 and 2000.Medical Education 2004;38:249-58. [Goldacre MJ, Turner G, Lambert TW].

38.Doctors’ views of their first year of medical work and postgraduate training in the United Kingdom: questionnaire surveys. Medical Education 2003;37:802-8. [Goldacre MJ, Davidson J, Lambert TW].

37.Preregistration house officers’ views on whether their experience at medical school prepared them well for their jobs: national questionnaire survey. British Medical Journal 2003;326:1011-2 [Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW, Evans J, Turner G].

36.Media criticism of doctors: review of UK junior doctors’ concerns raised in surveys. British Medical Journal 2003;326:629-30. [Goldacre MJ, Evans J, Lambert TW].

35.Doctors' reasons for rejecting initial choices of specialties as long-term careers. Medical Education 2003;37:312-318. [Lambert TW, Davidson JM, Evans J, Goldacre MJ].

34.Career choices of United Kingdom medical graduates of 1999 and 2000: questionnaire surveys. British Medical Journal 2003;326:194-5. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Turner G].

33.Views of junior doctors about the Specialist Registrar (SpR) training scheme: a qualitative study of UK medical graduates. Medical Education 2002;36:1122-30. [Evans J, Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW].

32.Views of general practitioners in academic posts about careers in academic general practice: a national survey. Education for Primary Care 2002;13:465-71. [Lee P, Goldacre M].

31.UK senior doctors’ career destinations, job satisfaction and future intentions: questionnaire survey. British Medical Journal 2002;325:685-6. [Davidson JM, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Parkhouse J].

30.GP recruitment and retention: a qualitative analysis of doctors’ comments about training for and working in general practice. The Royal College of General Practitioners 2002.(Occasional Paper 83). [Evans J, Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

29.Recruitment of UK-trained doctors into general practice: findings from national cohort studies. British Journal of General Practice 2002;52:364-72. [Lambert TW, Evans J, Goldacre MJ].

28.Career destinations and views in 1998 of the doctors who qualified in the United Kingdom in 1993. Medical Education 2002;36:193-8. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ].

27.Retirement intentions of doctors who qualified in the United Kingdom in 1974: postal questionnaire survey. Journal of Public Health Medicine 2001;23:323-8. [Davidson JM, Lambert TW, Parkhouse J, Evans J, Goldacre MJ].

26.Graduate status and age at entry to medical school as predictors of doctors’ choice of long-term career. Medical Education 2001;35:450-4. [Lambert TW, Goldacre MJ, Davidson JM, Parkinson J].

25.Loss of British-trained doctors from the medical workforce in Great Britain. Medical Education 2001;35:337-44. [Goldacre MJ, Lambert TW, Davidson JM].