5 years follow up study on changes of romanian psychiatric residents’ opinion on factors which influence their decision to emigrate

Abstract

IntroductionImportant changes have been done in economic status of residents in 2018. The impact of these measures in changing opinion was checked.ObjectivesThe prioritization exercises of main factors related with psychiatric residents’ decision to emigrate could be a starting point of elaboration of a strategy of reforms.MethodsThe study was cross sectional evaluation at national level on a randomized selected sample of Romanian psychiatric residents’ opinion on factors which influence decision of migration in EU countries in two time points: 2015 and 2020.Results38% of residents intend to work abroad comparing with 78% before the economic changes (25.84% versus 71.66% for a limited period of time and 15.73% versus 28.33% intend to emigrate) and 2% versus 5% intend to leave the speciality. The most important factors for decision to emigrate changed from “Better working conditions” (15.73 versus 37.31% residents) to “Better training” 20.25% residents and the factor “respect and appreciation by colleagues” remained important for 19.10% versus 17.91%. “Lack of working place for partner” was considered by 26.96% of responders as an important disadvantage of working abroad. “Being far from family members” which was considered 5 years ago by 64.18% of responders as an important disadvantage of working abroad, nowadays concerns only 6.74%, probably because it seems easier to go abroad together with the family members.ConclusionsThe factors (better training in psychiatry and psychotherapy, better supervision, more involvement in research) which influence the residents’ decision to emigrate represent the starting points on futures reforms in educational and medical system in psychiatry.DisclosureNo significant relationships.

Education and training in psychiatry in low‐ and middle‐income countries during and after the COVID‐19 pandemic

“…In this special issue of Asia‐Pacific Psychiatry , the WPA Section on Education in Psychiatry has collected contributions from researchers and scholars from different parts of the world, specifically focusing on the quality of training in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) (Kallyvayallil & Enara, 2021). This issue includes also the views of early career psychiatrists on difficulties and advantages of being trained in psychiatry in LMICs (El Halabi et al, 2021; Mihai et al, 2021; Giurgiuca et al, 2021; Sahadevan et al, 2021). A specific paper deals with education on addiction psychiatry, a neglected topic in the scientific literature, but which is particularly relevant for psychiatric practice in LMICs (Balhara et al, 2021).…”