The professional status of psychiatrists: good but not great

Luty, Jason; Fekadu, Daniel; Gallagher, John; Umoh, Okon

doi:10.1192/pb.30.8.314

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“…Unfortunately, despite extensive efforts on the part of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, stigma remains a major issue with regard to mental illness 6 and the professional status of psychiatrists is poor compared with other medical professionals. 7 It has been confirmed that the poor public image, low status and low morale contributed to doctors leaving psychiatry even once they had chosen it as their career path. 8 Further, there has been a great change in the content and delivery of undergraduate curricula.…”

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Recruiting psychiatrists – a Sisyphean task?

Brown¹,

Vassilas

Oakley

2009

Psychiatr. bull.

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SummaryIn 2009, the Royal College of Psychiatrists piloted a system for national recruitment to the first year of training (CT1) in England. This paper reviews the changes in recruitment of UK medical graduates to psychiatry over the past 20 years, both within the West Midlands and nationally. Fewer UK graduates are entering psychiatric training in the West Midlands despite the introduction of pre-registration training in psychiatry and the expansion of medical schools in the region; this picture is reflected nationally. Reasons for the continuing problems in recruitment are discussed and suggestions made for improving the attractiveness of psychiatry as a medical specialty. the latter include: engaging more closely with medical students, continuing to lobby politically with regard to overseas recruitment and presenting a unified vision of the profession.

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Section: What Are the Challenges?mentioning

confidence: 93%

Recruiting psychiatrists – a Sisyphean task?

Brown¹,

Vassilas

Oakley

2009

Psychiatr. bull.

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Psychiatrists in their eyes: Children's drawings of what a psychiatrist looks like

Omer

O’Connor

Sweeney³

et al. 2012

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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Drawings can be used as an important tool to measure children's perception and emotions. Using a qualitative design, we asked a group of 24 school children (10 boys and 14 girls) aged 11-12 to draw their impressions of psychiatrists. In the majority of drawings, psychiatrists were portrayed as a friendly or kind figure. The art work was analysed by the coordinator of the Arts Initiative in Mental Health, Niamh O'Connor. Psychiatrists were portrayed positively by this group of young people. This reflects a strong influence of the media on children's perception.

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The professional status of psychiatrists: good but not great

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Recruiting psychiatrists – a Sisyphean task?

Recruiting psychiatrists – a Sisyphean task?

Psychiatrists in their eyes: Children's drawings of what a psychiatrist looks like

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