Medicine & Surgery

*Where did the 1999 Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery graduates go ?*
	Careers Education and Placement Centre

I. Introduction

The information in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1999 to answer the following questions about 1998 Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery graduates who had finished their internships in 1998: -

How many were employed by the end of December 1999 ?

Among those who pursued further studies, what programmes were they enrolled in ?

Among those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to get their first job offer ?

In which sectors were they employed ?

How much salary did they receive ?

What were their areas of specialization ?

From which sources did they learn about their job ?

II. Employment Situations in 1998
Of the 167 graduates from this programme, 153 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	*MBBS*				HKU Overall*
	1998		1997		1998		1997
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	153	100	123	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	151	99	121	98	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	1	0.7	0	0	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	1	0.7	2	1.6	455	18	413	17
Emigrated/Returned to home country	0	0	0	0	4	0.2	3	0.1
Not seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	9	0.4	15	0.6

* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.

III. Further Studies
One graduate proceeded to further studies. The tables below show the academic programme that he pursued and his source of funds.

	Academic Programme
Field of Study	Adv.Diploma/Diploma
Tropical Disease	1

*Source of Funds*	No. of Graduates
Own Funds	1

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment
The time taken for graduates to secure employment is shown below.

	% of new graduates who have secured employment
By the end of	1999	1998
March or before	7%	13%
April	7%	13%
May	8%	17%
June	31%	33%
July	80%	98%
August	83%	98%
September	89%	98%
October	93%	98%
November	95%	98%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 23

V. Employment Sectors
The majority of graduates from this programme were employed by the Hospital Authority, while others by the Department of Health and private clinics/hospitals.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Hospital Authority	83%	89%
Private Clinics/Hospitals	13%	-
Department of Health	4%	11%

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income
The remuneration received by graduates from this programme is shown below.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	MBBS		HKU Average*		MBBS		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$44,611	$44,218	$14,480	$15,496	$49,408	$51,412	$15,716	$16,557
Median	$44,000	$44,395	$10,870	$12,300	$51,000	$52,012	$11,917	$13,325
Minimum	$30,000	$24,000	$1,000	$1,000	$30,000	$33,000	$3,000	$5,000
Maximum	$58,000	$58,000	$58,000	$58,000	$60,000	$59,000	$60,000	$59,000

* HKU Average refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.

VII. Areas of Specialization
The graduates’ areas of specialization are shown in the following table.

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

NO. OF GRADUATES

Accident & Emergency

Anaesthesiology

Family/Public Health

General Practice

Medicine

Obstetrics/Gynaecology

Ophthalmology

Orthopaedics

Paediatrics

Pathology

Psychiatry

Radiology/Radiotherapy

Surgery

Others

(9.0%)

(4.9%)

(15%)

(11%)

(25%)

(1.6%)

(4.9%)

(2.5%)

(3.3%)

(0.8%)

(9.0%)

(0.8%)

(5.7%)

(7.4%)

TOTAL

122

(100%)

No Response = 27

VIII. Job Lead Sources
The job lead sources of the 1998 graduates from this programme are shown in the following table.

JOB LEAD SOURCE

NO. OF GRADUATES

Previous Employers

Own Efforts - Making self-solicited applications

Friends

Medical Society Newsletters

Faculty Job Notices

Lecturers

Alumni

Employment Agencies

Newspapers

Others

(51%)

(30%)

(6.3%)

(2.8%)

(1.4%)

(0.7%)

TOTAL

142

(100%)

No Response = 7

IX. Similar information on graduates from other disciplines is available for reference in the Careers Library. Please contact the CePc for further details.

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Cindy Chan

August, 2000

The analysis is based on information provided by the respondents, and the Careers Education & Placement Centre should not be held responsible for any errors arising therefrom.

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