Developing New Zealand s medical workforce: realising the potential of longitudinal career tracking
Phillippa Poole, Tim J Wilkinson, Warwick Bagg, Janis Freegard, Fiona Hyland, Emmanuel Jo, Bridget Kool, Eva Roberts, Joy Rudland, Bruce Smith, Antonia Verstappen, for the NZ MSOD Steering Group
For over a decade, the Medical Schools Outcomes Database and Longitudinal Tracking Project (MSOD) has collected survey information from medical students and junior doctors in Australia and New Zealand to look at social, demographic and training effects on career intentions. In New Zealand, over 4,000 students have voluntarily provided information at various time points, and the project is at a stage where some firm conclusions are starting to be drawn. This paper presents the background to the project along with some early results, and future directions.