Failure of specialist doctors to secure consultant posts – report published in RCP journal

Analysis of the 95 responses received from an online survey of doctors who completed specialist diabetes training between January 2008 and September 2010 shows that one third of doctors completing specialist training in diabetes and endocrinology fail to secure substantive consultant posts. The paper, written by members of the Young Diabetologists Forum and published in Clinical Medicine - the journal of the Royal College of Physicians, can be accessed online via the link below.

Cheer et al. (2012) 'One-third of doctors completing specialist training in diabetes fail to secure a substantive consultant post: Young Diabetologists’ Forum survey 2010' Clinical Medicine 12 244-247.

Clinical Medicine