Trainee doctors make key choices about long term direction soon after Foundation training, so knowing how to explore, decide and follow through options is important.

These pages are here to help you work through the four key stages of medical career planning and decision-making, outlined by the "The Roads to Success" model (Elton, C. & Reid, J., 2009):

• Self assessment (taking a history)
• Career exploration (examination and options)
• Decision making (forming a detailed diagnosis)
• Plan implementation (following through the treatment plan)

There are signposts and resources to help with any stage of your career thinking, whetehr your are Decided about your path, Exploring opitions or Rethinking the plan. Click on the icon to find our quick navigation guide or explore the relevant pages.

The medical careers section of the UK health careers website is a good starting point for information on all apsects of medical careers and we strongly recommend that you visit this too.