Appleton, A;
Singh, S;
Eady, N;
Buszewicz, M;
(2017)
Why did you choose psychiatry? A qualitative study of psychiatry trainees investigating the impact of psychiatry teaching at medical school on career choice.
BMC Psychiatry
, 17
, Article 276. 10.1186/s12888-017-1445-5.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is no consensus regarding the optimal content of the undergraduate psychiatry curriculum as well as factors contributing to young doctors choosing a career in psychiatry. Our aim was to explore factors which had influenced psychiatry trainees' attitudes towards mental health and career choice. METHOD: Qualitative in-depth interviews with 21 purposively sampled London psychiatry trainees analysed using the Framework method. RESULTS: Early exposure and sufficient time in undergraduate psychiatry placements were important in influencing psychiatry as a career choice and positive role models were often very influential. Integration of psychiatry with teaching about physical health was viewed positively, although concerns were raised about the potential dilution of psychiatry teaching. Foundation posts in psychiatry were very valuable in positively impacting career choice. Other suggestions included raising awareness at secondary school level, challenging negative attitudes amongst all medical educators, and promoting integration within medical specialties. CONCLUSIONS: Improvements in teaching psychiatry could improve medical attitudes and promote recruitment into psychiatry.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why did you choose psychiatry? A qualitative study of psychiatry trainees investigating the impact of psychiatry teaching at medical school on career choice |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12888-017-1445-5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1445-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| Keywords: | Careers in psychiatry, Education and training, Qualitative research, Stigma and discrimination |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1570064 |
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