Factors Affecting the Choice of Psychiatry as a Specialty and Satisfaction among Turkish Psychiatry Residents

Özer, Ürün; Çeri, Veysi; Carpar, Elif; Sancak, Baris; Yildirim, Fatma

doi:10.1007/s40596-015-0346-5

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“…It was in agreement with previous study result that which showed that more students were reporting their interest in psychiatry with a family history of psychiatric illness as compared to without family history 27. However, in another study medical students experiencing mental illness ‎personally through relatives or close friends were found to choose psychiatry specialty negatively 25. The probable difference could be in the later study population were first year psychiatry residents who already joined the field whereas in the current study they were fourth year medical students.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Similar previous study results also supported the current study findings that various factors were playing a role in medical students’ psychiatry specialty choice. Attitude toward psychiatry or mental health,22,24 opportunity for further education or training and salary were reported to be associated with psychiatry choice.25 A rating of “excellent” for the psychiatry clerkship and longer psychiatry rotation,23,26 the degree to which psychiatric practice is perceived to be evidence based, research opportunities, and curiosity about the topic of “madness”,16 external and internal stigma, quality of teaching of the subject as well as research exposure, effective college neuroscience courses and clinical experience and exposure during placements affects the psychiatry specialty choice 27,28. Hence, it is vital to look into and intervene infactors that affect the choice of psychiatry as future specialty career so that it will be possible to attract many medical practitioners to the discipline.…”

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confidence: 99%

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<p>Factors associated with medical students’ choice of psychiatry as future specialty: a cross-sectional study</p>

Kerebih

Salelew

Hailesilassie

2019

AMEP

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BackgroundDespite the fact that mental illnesses are highly prevalent, shortage of trained human resource, particularly psychiatrists, in the field is disproportionately low. This is especially challenging in developing countries. We report factors affecting medical students’ choice of psychiatry specialty as a future career.MethodsA facility-based cross-sectional study design incorporating demographics, psychiatry specialty choice and a list of factors related to psychiatry was administered to fourth year medical students. Chi-squared test was used to identify factors associated with psychiatry choice. Multiple logistic regression analysis was done to identify the association between demographics and history of mental illness against psychiatry choice.ResultsOne hundred and sixty-five medical students participated in the study. The majority, 139 (84.2%), of the students were male. From the medical students, 34 (21%) reported that they will choose to specialize in psychiatry for their future career. A chi-squared test result indicated that there were many factors associated with psychiatry choice. Family history of mental illness was found to be significantly associated with the future career choice of the psychiatry discipline (AOR=2.76; CI: 1.05–7.25).ConclusionFamily history of mental illness seemed to be a significant factor in medical students’ psychiatry choice. Positive attitude to psychiatry, ‎the manner in which psychiatry is taught, satisfaction related to practical and theoretical psychiatry education, having direct involvement in psychiatric patient care and the like were factors that affect psychiatry choice. Therefore, paying due attention to modifiable factors negatively affecting psychiatry choice may increase the selection of the field by medical students as a specialty.

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confidence: 91%

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confidence: 99%

<p>Factors associated with medical students’ choice of psychiatry as future specialty: a cross-sectional study</p>

Kerebih

Salelew

Hailesilassie

2019

AMEP

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“…Many respondents said they would not specialise in mental health pharmacy because of few job placements (financial consideration), lack of passion and a lack of adequate skill and preparedness for the role, similar to reports among Iranian medical students and Turkish psychiatric residents . Career choices in mental health pharmacy can be encouraged if the mental health components of the undergraduate curriculum are well designed and taught.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…6 Many respondents said they would not specialise in mental health pharmacy because of few job placements (financial consideration), lack of passion and a lack of adequate skill and preparedness for the role, similar to reports among Iranian medical students and Turkish psychiatric residents. 25,26 Career choices in mental health pharmacy can be encouraged if the mental health components of the undergraduate curriculum are well designed and taught. The present study found no association between previous personal or family experience of mental disorders and willingness to specialise in mental health pharmacy among respondents, in contrast with the findings of a study among Iranian medical students.…”

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confidence: 99%

Perceptions of Nigerian final year undergraduate students of the adequacy of the pharmacy curriculum for mental health care

Saka

Akanbi

Eze

2020

Pharmacy Practice and Res

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Background There is growing concern about the adequacy of undergraduate curricula in schools of pharmacy worldwide regarding mental health. In Nigeria, both Bachelor and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees (BPharm and PharmD, respectively) are offered, but little is known about the scope of mental health care in either curriculum. Aim This study evaluated the perceptions of final year undergraduate students regarding the adequacy of the pharmacy curriculum in mental health care and their preparedness for a career in the field. Methods A pretested 33‐item questionnaire was administered to 950 (BPharm, n = 858; PharmD, n = 92) consecutively selected final year undergraduate students in the 19 accredited schools of pharmacy in Nigeria who had undergone experiential learning in teaching hospitals and community pharmacies and registered for the 2017–18 academic year. Results Most respondents (618/950; 65.1%) had no explicit learning on common mental disorders at the time of the study, and this did not differ significantly between the BPharm and PharmD respondents (p = 0.66). Most respondents (763/950; 80.3%) strongly disagreed or disagreed with the assertion that ‘the curriculum exposes students to real‐life mental health practice’. Furthermore, of the 932 that responded to the assertion that ‘pharmacy undergraduate curriculum prepares one adequately to practice mental health pharmacy’ 613 (65.8%) strongly disagreed or disagreed, with no significant difference between the PharmD and BPharm groups (p = 0.085). The respondents (460/950; 48.4%) would not specialise in mental health pharmacy, 38.0% (175/460) because they felt unprepared in terms of skills. Conclusion The respondents perceived the pharmacy curriculum as inadequate for mental health care and considered this inadequacy a hindrance towards its practice in Nigeria.

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“…Based on the interpretation of our findings, in order to achieve a positive level of job satisfaction, not only economic reward is necessary, but also other factors should be taken into account, such as work–life balance, comfortable and challenging working environment, sense of accomplishment and self‐esteem, responsibilities and decision making, relationship with peers, respect and recognition, workload and work stress, role clarity and job security, and career growth opportunities (Botbol, 2020; Ozer et al, 2015; Pinto da Costa, 2020; Pinto da Costa et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

Romanian psychiatric residents' opinions on factors that influence their decision to emigrate: A 5‐year follow‐up study

Mihai

Trandafir

Duică

et al. 2021

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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Introduction: To evaluate the situation of migration of psychiatrists from Romania and a prioritization exercise of main factors related with psychiatric residents' decision to emigrate could be a starting point of elaboration of a strategy of reforms.Important changes have been done in economic status of residents in 2018. The impact of these measures in changing opinions was checked.Methods: This is a cross sectional evaluation study on a randomized selected sample of Romanian psychiatric residents' opinions on factors that influence decision of migration in EU countries in two time points, 2015 and 2020.Results: Thirty-eight percent of residents intend to work abroad comparing with 78% before the economic changes (25.8% vs. 71.7% for a limited period of time and 15.7% vs. 28.3% intend to emigrate) and 2% vs. 5% intend to leave the specialty. The important factors for decision to emigrate changed from "Better working conditions" (15.7% vs. 37.3% residents) to "Better training"; the factor "respect and appreciation by colleagues" remained important for 19.1% versus 17.9%. "Lack of working place for partner" was considered by 26.7% of responders as an important disadvantage of working abroad. "Being far from family members", which was considered 5 years ago by 64.2% of responders as an important disadvantage of working abroad, nowadays concerns only 6.7%, probably because it seems easier to go abroad together with the family members. Conclusions:The factors (better training in psychiatry and psychotherapy, better supervision, more involvement in research) that influence the residents' decision to emigrate represent the starting points for future reforms in educational and medical system in psychiatry.

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Factors Affecting the Choice of Psychiatry as a Specialty and Satisfaction among Turkish Psychiatry Residents

Abstract: Although the satisfaction level was high in this study, addressing the areas in which expectations were not met may increase the satisfaction of psychiatry residents and the selection of psychiatry as a specialty.

Cited by 6 publications

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<p>Factors associated with medical students’ choice of psychiatry as future specialty: a cross-sectional study</p>

<p>Factors associated with medical students’ choice of psychiatry as future specialty: a cross-sectional study</p>

Perceptions of Nigerian final year undergraduate students of the adequacy of the pharmacy curriculum for mental health care

Romanian psychiatric residents' opinions on factors that influence their decision to emigrate: A 5‐year follow‐up study

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