UK crisis in recruitment into psychiatric training

Mukherjee, Kamaleeka; Maier, Marc A.; Wessely, Simon

doi:10.1192/pb.bp.112.040873

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“…Such observations may potentially form an additional external stressor. If modernisations in psychiatry confuse junior doctors as to the doctor's role (and therefore their own role) in the seemingly flatter hierarchy in psychiatric clinical teams (compared with surgery and general practice), this may form a further stressor (Mukherjee 2013). …”

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Development of foundation year 1 psychiatry posts: implications for practice

Steele¹,

Beattie²

2013

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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SummaryMost literature discussing the introduction of foundation year 1 (F1) psychiatry posts has focused on recruitment. However, for F1 posts to offer a valuable learning experience and a potential recruitment boost, psychiatrists and employing organisations should be aware of general issues arising in the first postgraduate year. These include the inherently stressful student-to-doctor transition, the need for bespoke induction programmes for new graduates, F1 doctors' specific needs for support, supervision and peer support, and the centrality of the relationship with the consultant supervisor to the new doctor. Understanding these themes will enable psychiatrists and mental health organisations to offer better F1 psychiatry experiences, which may boost recruitment and could maximise the opportunities for F1 doctors to develop skills and qualities that will be of value in their future careers, whatever specialty they end up working in.

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Section: Consultants' Stressmentioning

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Development of foundation year 1 psychiatry posts: implications for practice

Steele¹,

Beattie²

2013

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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“…On the back foot, this necessitates that the short time spent within psychiatry needs to be positive within both clinical and taught settings (McParland et al, 2003;Choudry and Farooq, 2017). This offers further support for the recommendations to include enrichment activities, in addition to continuing the efforts of the 'Anti-BASH' campaign supported by the College (Mukherjee, Maier and Wessely, 2013;Choudry and Farooq, 2017;Mortlock et al, 2017; The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2017a).…”

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“…The objectives of this strategy are to target stigma, raise awareness of the clinical needs of patients and opportunities within the specialty, and to increase engagement (The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2017c). Medical students and foundation doctors are identified as specific target groups within this strategy given that time spent in undergraduate medical education and foundation training are nodal points in a doctor's career -when attitudes and beliefs about psychiatry are likely to be open to change (Mukherjee, Maier and Wessely, 2013). #ChoosePsychiatry is a largely social media focused campaign led by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to encourage recruitment into psychiatry.…”

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#ChoosePsychiatry #the60secondchallenge – a thematic analysis of videos published on Twitter about reasons for choosing psychiatry

Cunliffe¹,

Hargreaves²,

Melton³

et al. 2018

MedEdPublish

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Aims and Method #ChoosePsychiatry is the Royal College of Psychiatrist's social media campaign aimed at medical students and foundation doctors to encourage recruitment into psychiatry. This study explored the reasons given for choosing psychiatry in videos uploaded by psychiatrists to Twitter alongside the campaign, through the use of thematic analysis. Results Each psychiatrist gave different reasons for choosing psychiatry but four main themes were identified: prior experience of psychiatry, career factors, patient factors and knowledge factors. Both undergraduate and postgraduate experiences were influential in choosing psychiatry. In particular, perceived job satisfaction, an opportunity to deliver holistic care and a sense of making a difference were also influential in choosing psychiatry. Clinical Implications Findings here support efforts to improve the undergraduate experience and to increase foundation posts, as well as maintaining some of the current key messages of the campaign. However, whilst engagement with the videos on Twitter was observed, further consideration of the most appropriate social media platform to ensure engagement with the target audience is needed.

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“…psychiatrist's low status among physicians, threats of violence from patients and lack of resources. [6][7][8][9][10][11] The potential impact of psychiatry clerkships throughout undergraduate medical training on student attitudes and career alternative has been extensively studied largely at academic establishments in developed countries. 12 Many previous studies have found that medical students undertaking psychiatric internship do develop a lot of positive attitudes toward psychiatry [13][14][15] though some studies have found no measurable change.…”

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Attitude Towards Psychiatry- A Comparative Study Among Medical Interns and Undergraduate Students of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kerala

Mohammed¹,

Francis²,

Divakaran³

2018

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BACKGROUND Globally, there is a negative attitude toward psychiatry among medical students. So there is a need to assess the impact of psychiatry training and their intention to pursue psychiatry as a career among medical students. Aims and objectives-The primary aim of the study is to compare the attitude toward psychiatry among final year medical students and interns of a tertiary care hospital. The secondary aim is to assess preferred future career choice after graduation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care hospital of North Kerala. Participants consisted of two groups, one group was of final year medical students who were yet to start the clinical internship and other group was of interns, who had completed their compulsory 2 weeks clinical internship in psychiatry. Participants were individually administered a questionnaire which included sociodemographic data, preference for future career choice and Attitude Towards Psychiatry (Balon et al.'s ATP-29) questionnaire. Data analysis (Standard descriptive statistics, Chi-square test) was done using SPSS version 20. RESULTS A total of 95 participants formed the study sample, out of which final year medical students and interns were 42 and 53, respectively. There was a positive attitude towards psychiatry by interns in comparison to final year medical students in most of the areas. Overall, in both groups, positive attitude towards psychiatry was reflected. Regarding the choice of career, 20% chose Internal medicine followed by 18.9% choosing Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Only 1.1% preferred psychiatry and 17.9% of them were yet to decide regarding their career choice. CONCLUSION Findings suggest that both groups do not have a negative attitude towards psychiatry in general and they have a good perception of psychiatry, though they didn't show a significant change in their intention to pursue psychiatry as a prospective career.

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UK crisis in recruitment into psychiatric training

Cited by 32 publications

References 17 publications

Development of foundation year 1 psychiatry posts: implications for practice

Development of foundation year 1 psychiatry posts: implications for practice

#ChoosePsychiatry #the60secondchallenge – a thematic analysis of videos published on Twitter about reasons for choosing psychiatry

Attitude Towards Psychiatry- A Comparative Study Among Medical Interns and Undergraduate Students of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kerala

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