Recruitment into Psychiatry: Increasing the Pool of Applicants

Weintraub, Walter; Plaut, S. Michael; Weintraub, Eric

doi:10.1177/070674379904400507

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“…Electives and university psychiatry societies were important for recruitment to psychiatry in our sample, and it is possible that these may be further improved to enhance recruitment [26-28]. …”

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“…Factors associated with choosing psychiatric careers include exposure to psychiatrists or mental illness prior to medical school, and subsequent exposure to positive clinical experiences and “enrichment activities” such as electives and research to confirm their interest during medical school [26-28]. The summary of factors already identified as influencing career choice is shown in Table 1 and the effect of enrichment activities in our sample is shown in Table 2.…”

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Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey

Lydall²,

et al. 2014

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BackgroundRecruitment to psychiatry is insufficient to meet projected mental health service needs world-wide. We report on the career plans of final year medical students from 20 countries, investigating factors identified from the literature which influence psychiatric career choice.MethodsCross sectional electronic or paper survey. Subjects were final year medical students at 46 medical schools in participating countries. We assessed students’ career intentions, motivations, medical school teaching and exposure to psychiatry. We assessed students’ attitudes and personality factors. The main outcome measure was likelihood of specializing in psychiatry. Multilevel logistic regression was used to examine the joint effect of factors upon the main outcome.Results2198 of 9135 (24%) of students responded (range 4 to 91%) across the countries. Internationally 4.5% of students definitely considered psychiatry as a career (range 1 to 12%). 19% of students (range 0 to 33%) were “quite likely”, and 25% were “definitely not” considering psychiatry. Female gender, experience of mental/physical illness, media portrayal of doctors, and positive attitudes to psychiatry, but not personality factors, were associated with choosing psychiatry. Quality of psychiatric placement (correlation coefficient = 0.22, p < 0.001) and number of placements (correlation coefficient =0.21, p < 0.001) were associated with higher ATP scores. During medical school, experience of psychiatric enrichment activities (special studies modules and university psychiatry clubs), experience of acutely unwell patients and perceived clinical responsibility were all associated with choice of psychiatry.Multilevel logistic regression revealed six factors associated with students choosing psychiatry: importance of own vocation, odds ratio (OR) 3.01, 95% CI 1.61 to 5.91, p < 0.001); interest in psychiatry before medical school, OR 10.8 (5.38 to 21.8, p < 0.001); undertaking a psychiatry special study module, OR 1.45 (1.05 to 2.01, p = 0.03) or elective OR 4.28 (2.87- 6.38, p < 0.001); membership of a university psychiatry club, OR 3.25 (2.87 to 6.38, p < 0.001); and exposure to didactic teaching, OR 0.54 (0.40 to 0.72, p < 0.001).ConclusionsWe report factors relevant to medical student selection and psychiatry teaching which affect career choice. Addressing these factors may improve recruitment to psychiatry internationally.

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Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey

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“…Specialty preferences in the first year of medical school are somewhat predictive of future career choices [39]. To the extent that this is so, then the selection processes of medical schools need to be considered if an increase in recruitment into psychiatry is to be achieved [40].…”

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Shrinking away from psychiatry? A survey of Australianmedical students' interest in psychiatry

Malhi¹,

Parker²,

Parker³

et al. 2002

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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“…These results reflect prevalent trends in medical career decision-making. 10,11,20,22 The survey also revealed some unexpected results. For example, medical students highlighted the availability of research opportunities as an important influence on their anticipated choice of a specialty or subspecialty (49%), whereas only 9% of specialists considered it important.…”

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“…[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Four volunteers from each participant group piloted the print version at UA. No significant modifications to the survey were required after pilot testing.…”

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Improving Recruitment into Geriatric Medicine in Canada: Findings and Recommendations from the Geriatric Recruitment Issues Study

Torrible

Diachun

Rolfson

et al. 2006

J American Geriatrics Society

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As the number of Canadians aged 65 and older continues to increase, declining recruitment into geriatric medicine (GM) raises concerns about the future viability of this medical subspecialty. To develop effective strategies to attract more GM trainees into the field, it is necessary to understand how medical students, residents, GM trainees, and specialists make career choices. The Geriatric Recruitment Issues Study (GRIST) was designed to assess specific methods that could be used to improve recruitment into geriatrics in Canada. Between November 2002 and January 2003, 530 participants were invited to complete the GRIST survey (117 Canadian geriatricians, 12 GM trainees, 96 internal medicine residents, and 305 senior medical students). Two hundred fifty‐three surveys (47.7%) were completed and returned (from 54 participating geriatricians, 9 GM trainees, 50 internal medicine residents, and 140 senior medical students). The survey asked respondents to rate factors influencing their choice of medical career, the attractiveness of GM, and the anticipated effectiveness of potential recruitment strategies. Although feedback varied across the four groups on these issues, consistencies were observed between medical students and residents and between GM trainees and geriatricians. All groups agreed that role modeling was effective and that summer student research programs were an ineffective recruitment strategy. Based on the GRIST findings, this article proposes six recommendations for improving recruitment into Canadian geriatric medicine training programs.

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Recruitment into Psychiatry: Increasing the Pool of Applicants

Abstract: Objective: To demonstrate that it is possible to identify the cohort ofstudents in their first year ofmedical school from which future psychiatrists will be recruited. Method

Cited by 35 publications

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Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey

Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey

Shrinking away from psychiatry? A survey of Australianmedical students' interest in psychiatry

Improving Recruitment into Geriatric Medicine in Canada: Findings and Recommendations from the Geriatric Recruitment Issues Study

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