Recruiting and retaining psychiatrists

Storer, David

doi:10.1192/bjp.180.4.296

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“…Although some studies from the UK, Australia, and Serbia have reported little or no change as a result of clinical placement [14,18,19], Brockington and Mumford [4] end their analysis of the literature with the conclusion that a review of medical school admission procedures and a focus on undergraduate teaching could improve recruitment [4], and Storer [20] argues for more attention to be placed on training, support, and supervision for those who have already selected psychiatry as a career, to assist retention.…”

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The Educational Impact of Exposure to Clinical Psychiatry Early in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

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“…This is despite the increasing share of curriculum time, introduction of modern teaching methods and the establishment of chairs in psychiatry at almost all medical schools. Others concur that further increases in time devoted to psychiatry at undergraduate level would not be cost-effective (Storer, 2002). Pidd (2003) suggests that undergraduate experiences should be positive and that we should identify and nurture interested students through to senior house officer posts.…”

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A career in child and adolescent psychiatry? Survey of trainees' views

Lamb¹,

Evans²,

Baillie³

2006

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Aims and MethodThe aim of the study was to elicit the views of senior house officers in psychiatry across London regarding the factors that influence their decision whether to pursue a career in child and adolescent psychiatry. Postal questionnaires were sent to a random sample of all senior house officers on London psychiatry training schemes.ResultsOf the respondents who recalled being taught child psychiatry at medical school, 91% found it interesting and 73% found it useful. Of those who recalled having such teaching during psychiatric training, 90% found it interesting and 85% found it useful. However, this had no significant impact upon subsequent career choice. Experience of working as a senior house officer in child psychiatry did influence future career intentions. Trainees who identified such placements as providing good clinical experience or job satisfaction were significantly more likely to consider the specialty for a future career.Clinical ImplicationsConsultants and managers should create and maintain senior house officer posts that will encourage trainees to perceive the specialty as a future career.

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“…There has been increasing concern about the recruitment crisis into psychiatry in the UK (Brockington & Mumford, 2002;Storer, 2002) and in other countries, including North America (Sierles & Taylor, 1995;Weintraub et al, 1999). Studies examining the career preferences of newly-qualified doctors in the UK indicate that only about 4% specify psychiatry as their first preference (Lambert et al, 1996), although the number entering psychiatric training (about 8%) is greater than expected from the career aims of graduands (Brockington & Mumford, 2002).…”

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Who wants to do psychiatry?

Yakeley¹,

Shoenberg

Heady

2004

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Aims and MethodThe study aimed to determine whether medical students who participated in a student psychotherapy scheme aimed at helping them learn about the doctor-patient relationship were more likely to choose psychiatry as a career than a control group who did not participate. One hundred and ninety-eight medical students who participated in the University College and Middlesex School of Medicine (UCMSM) Psychotherapy Scheme between 1982 and 1992, and 200 randomly selected students of the same period who did not, were sent a questionnaire asking about career choice.ResultsSeventy-seven of 163 participants in the scheme who sent back the questionnaire had not thought about doing psychiatry before entering the scheme. Of these, 11 became psychiatrists (14.3%), compared with only two (1.6%) of the 128 controls (of 152 respondents) who had not considered psychiatry as a career at the same stage. This difference is highly significant (P<0.001). Many of the participants, including those who did not specialise in psychiatry, emphasised how the scheme had helped them understand the doctor-patient relationship.ImplicationsParticipating in the Student Psychotherapy Scheme encouraged medical students to choose psychiatry as a career. This knowledge is important, particularly in view of the current recruitment crisis in psychiatry.

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Recruiting and retaining psychiatrists

Cited by 36 publications

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The Educational Impact of Exposure to Clinical Psychiatry Early in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

The Educational Impact of Exposure to Clinical Psychiatry Early in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

A career in child and adolescent psychiatry? Survey of trainees' views

Who wants to do psychiatry?

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