De beroepskeuze van in Leiden afgestudeerde artsen

To determine what postgraduate courses Leiden medical students had completed after obtaining the degree in medicine.

Design

Descriptive.

Method

The BIG-register Dutch register of professionals in individual healthcare was examined to determine how students who had passed their final examinations at Leiden University in 1990 or in 1995 were registered at the beginning of February 2004. The findings were compared with the data on all physicians in the BIG-register as per 31 December 2002 (n = 54,624) and with those from a study in Groningen (n = 333).

Results

Of the 177 students who had passed their final examinations in 1990, more than 13 years earlier, 45 were registered as a medical specialist, 28 as a nonspecialised physician and 12 as a general practitioner. Of the 136 who had passed their final examinations in 1995, more than 8 years earlier, the corresponding percentages were 8, 61 and 23, respectively. Compared with data for the Netherlands as a whole and for Groningen, the percentage of specialists among those who had passed their final examinations in Leiden in 1990 was high and the percentage of general practitioners was low, but the reverse was true of those who had passed their final examinations in 1995. Of those who had passed their final examinations in Leiden in 1990 and 1995, 5 and 4, respectively, either were not registered as a physician or had emigrated. The specialities that were registered most often by physicians who had passed their final examinations in 1990 were obstetrics and gynaecology (14), internal medicine (9), ophthalmology (9), anaesthesiology (8), surgery (8) and psychiatry (8).

Samenvatting

Doel

Nagaan welke vervolgopleidingen Leidse studenten geneeskunde hadden voltooid na hun afstuderen.

Opzet

Descriptief.

Methode

Van degenen die in 1990 of in 1995 hun artsexamen hadden behaald aan de Leidse Universiteit, werd in het BIG-register nagegaan hoe zij begin februari 2004 stonden geregistreerd. De bevindingen werden vergeleken met de gegevens van alle BIG-geregistreerde artsen per 31 december 2002 (n = 54.624) en met die uit een Gronings onderzoek (n = 333).

Resultaten

Van de 177 in 1990 afgestudeerden was, ruim 13 jaar na het artsexamen, 45 als medisch specialist geregistreerd, 28 als basisarts en 12 als huisarts. Van de 136 in 1995 afgestudeerden, ruim 8 jaar na het artsexamen, waren deze percentages respectievelijk 8, 61 en 23. Vergeleken met de landelijke en de Groningse gegevens was onder de in 1990 afgestudeerden het Leidse percentage specialisten hoog en het percentage huisartsen laag, maar onder degenen die in 1995 waren afgestudeerd was het juist omgekeerd. Er was 5 respectievelijk 4 van de Leidse afgestudeerden uit 1990 en 1995 niet als arts geregistreerd of naar het buitenland vertrokken. De specialismen die het vaakst waren geregistreerd onder de in 1990 afgestudeerde artsen, waren: verloskunde-gynaecologie (14), inwendige geneeskunde (9), oogheelkunde (9), anesthesiologie (8), heelkunde (8) en psychiatrie (8).