British medical undergraduates in 1975: a student survey in 1975 compared with 1966

Donnan, Stuart

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1976.tb01484.x

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“…For example, Nemetz & Weiner (1965) found that those who entered psychiatry residency programmes had majored more often in humanities or social sciences rather than natural sciences; they seemed primarily interested in ideas — literature, history or anthropology. Donnan (1976) found that many had at least one non-science A-level.…”

Section: The Influence Of the Medical Schoolmentioning

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Recruitment into psychiatry

Brockington

Mumford²

2002

Br J Psychiatry

143

121

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Section: The Influence Of the Medical Schoolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recruitment into psychiatry

Brockington

Mumford²

2002

Br J Psychiatry

143

121

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“…However, Kausch (1969) found a significant change of attitudes towards psychiatry in a negative direction between commencing the medical course and the time of the psychiatry clerkship. This may be part of a general change in attitudes during medical training, which includes a decreased interest in the psychological aspects of disease between the first and final year (Donnan 1976) and a decline in psychiatry as a career choice between first and final years (Martin & Boddy 1962; Royal Commission on Medical Education 1968; Donnan 1976). Increased cynicism has been demonstrated during the medical training (Editorial 1975).…”

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Students' attitudes towards psychiatry

Creed

Goldberg

1987

Medical Education

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Using a reliable measure, a self-administered questionnaire (ATP), and adequate numbers of students, this study demonstrates the negative effects of general medical/surgical training and the positive effect of the psychiatry clerkship on students' reported attitudes towards psychiatry. A negative view of psychiatry at the beginning of the clerkship may make students reluctant to improve their interview skills but is otherwise unimportant in determining their reactions and performance in the clerkship. Medical students' interest in psychiatry as a career increases during the psychiatry clerkship but this merely offsets the decline in interest that occurs at other stages during the clinical training. Much of the attitudinal change that occurs during the psychiatry clerkship is maintained into the pre-registration year but the housemen recorded a significant negative change on the items concerning efficacy of psychiatric treatment and attitudes towards psychiatric patients. Additional training by psychiatrists during the pre-registration year might increase the motivation of young doctors to detect and treat psychiatric illness which they will encounter in all branches of medicine.

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“…The extensive studies of Parkhouse (e.g. Parkhouse et al 1983) have given detailed information over a number of years on changes in career preference as students pass through medical school and beyond, and on longer‐term secular changes in the popularity of different specialties within medicine (Donnan 1976). In addition, other studies have related particular career preferences to differences in personality (Mowbray & Davies 1971), attitudes (Walters 1982) and other characteristics of students (Kosa 1969).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The effect of personal illness experience on career preference in medical students

Crimlisk

Mcanus

1987

Medical Education

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Medical students have a wide degree of personal experience of serious illness in themselves and those close to them. In about 4% of cases these experiences have influenced the choice of career specialty. However, formal statistical analysis within a large group of medical students could find no evidence for a relationship. It is suggested that this is due to the inadequacies of statistical methodology, which cannot demonstrate strong relationships in a minority of subjects, when the majority show no relationship. Almost half of the students gave reasons for particular career preferences, but in most cases these appeared to be strongly idiosyncratic.

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British medical undergraduates in 1975: a student survey in 1975 compared with 1966

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Recruitment into psychiatry

Recruitment into psychiatry

Students' attitudes towards psychiatry

The effect of personal illness experience on career preference in medical students

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