FOI/202500464019 · FOI · released
Medical student statistics: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for the number of Scottish students graduated in Scotland in medicine and dentistry between 2014 and 2019.
I would also like figures for how many of these graduates continued to practice full time in Scotland over the five years immediately following their graduation.
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.
1. The answer to your first question is; Scottish domiciled graduates from Scottish universities by subject classification:
Subject Classification 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Pre-clinical medicine 70 70 75 60 75 75 Pre-clinical dentistry 0 0 10 10 10 15 Clinical medicine 885 830 770 825 765 785 Clinical dentistry 145 115 115 140 125 95 Others in medicine & dentistry 25 35 30 65 70 95 Medicine & dentistry not elsewhere classified 30 35 20 30 25 30 Total 1,160 1,080 1,030 1,130 1,070 1,090
Source: HESA Student data, secondary analysis
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5
All levels of study (i.e. post and undergraduate)
Based on full-person equivalent.
Where xjacs01 = ‘Medicine and Dentistry’
2. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information as to how many graduates continued to practice full time in Scotland over the five years immediately following their graduation.
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