Who makes it in psychiatry: CV predictors of success in training grades

Doctors who are embarking upon general professional training in psychiatry as Senior House Officers (SHOs) are now faced with making a choice between two types of training schemes. The first type offers training on a membership course aimed primarily at teaching the skills required to pass Part 1 and Part 2 of the MRCPsych. The second type offers training on a university course leading to the award of a Masters degree in psychiatry.

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confidence: 72%

Membership course or Masters course?

Sullivan¹,

Jones²

1997

“…Lewis (1991) found that can didates for senior registrar (SR) posts were more likely to be shortlisted if they had a 'publication'. Katona & Robertson (1993) replicated this and found that publication, particularly of 'datacontaining' articles, predicted appointments to SR posts and short-listing for registrar (reg) posts. Research experience without publication, however, did not increase the likelihood of either short-listing or appointment.…”

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confidence: 74%

Publication by junior doctors: why do they do it?

Duffett¹

1994

This paper examines the experience and motivation of junior doctors who successfully published in the Psychiatric Bulletin and The BritishJournal of Psychiatry, over a four month period. Most articles took over a year from first involvement to successful publication, although this varied according to the type of article. While having published is recognised to increase the likelihood of appointment to registrar and senior regis trar posts, interest in the subject is frequently cited as a more important reason to publish among authors than enhancement of their curriculum vitae.

“…In the last few years, the Bulletin has published articles which offer advice and support to prospective SR candidates (Tufnell, 1984;Margerison, 1987), and more recently Ratona & Robertson (1993) sur veyed the CV predictors of success for applicants to training grades in a London teaching hospital. The 'vexed question' of how much research should be expected of registrars has been discussed at the …”

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confidence: 99%

Rumour, myth and reality at SR interviews

Haigh¹,

Weaver²

1993

With the current balance of manpower, being appointed to a senior registrar post is seen as more of a hurdle in the NHS career path of junior psychiatrists than the MCRPsych examination. Numerically, it is the most significant bottleneck in the system, with substantially more suitable applicants than available posts. One effect that this has had is to encourage a climate where rumours and myths circulate about what is necessary to become an SR. As well as being stressful and demoralising, this can give candidates the wrong ideas of what is realistically required.