The fate and career destinations of doctors who qualified at Uganda's Makerere Medical School in 1984: retrospective cohort study.

ethnic minorities and women. The high representation of ethnic minorities, and specifically those of Asian origin, indicates high academic achievement by them. It probably indicates that many of the most able school pupils from these ethnic groups, and perhaps particularly women, choose medicine as a career. The reasons for the substantial under-representation of white men merit further study. With increasing immigration from continental Europe, the broad group of white ethnicity may need further subdivision in future.