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The date of the intended departure from the Czech Republic is an important indicator of how
serious the decision to leave to work outside of the native country. It can generally be said
that the more remote the date indicated, the more hypothetical or nebulous the migration
intention is and vice versa. In can hypothetically be assumed that for specialists with
ambitions to hold a qualified job abroad, a serious intention for a realistic departure includes
periods up to about one year.
During the next twelve months almost one fifth of the doctors considering migrating (18.9%)
are planning on leaving to another country. If we factor in those who have also taken some
specific realisation steps, then it would apply to approximately every seventh respondent from
the specified group.
More than half (52.7%) of the positively-oriented doctors expect to work abroad either in a
time horizon of one to two years or later.
The frequency of those who have not yet decided (28.1%) testifies to the vagueness and
uncertainty of the migration intention.
DOCTORS’ IDEAS OF WORK ABROAD
Table 13 What do you expect that you will specifically be doing abroad?
Answer Options Absolute In %
I will work in a hospital 156 75.4
I will work in a the outpatient sphere 35 16.6
I will work at a university 9 4.5
I will work on a research project 4 2.0
I will work at a pharmaceutical company (or in an international
pharmaceutical concern)
1 0.5
I will look for any work - any type of business 1 0.5
Other 1 0.5
Total 207 100.0
Three quarters of the doctors considering work abroad are convinced that they will work in a
hospital in the other country and roughly every sixth potential migrating doctor expects to
work in the out-patient sphere. Approximately 5% of the doctors plan active work at a
university and 2% a connection to scientific research
Other possibilities are otherwise statistically insignificant. This includes, e.g., work at a
pharmaceutical company (at an international pharmaceutical concern), work outside the area
of medicine and science and any other type of business.
It clearly follows from the results that the overwhelming majority of Czech doctors expect
employment in the area of medicine and specialised healthcare services abroad. Work outside
the field in the attractive (in terms of income) pharmacy field does not have practically any
significance for the migration of doctors.
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