Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey

Farooq, Kitty; Lydall, Gregory J; Malik, Amit; Ndetei, David M; Bhugra, Dinesh; ISOSCCIP Group

doi:10.1186/1472-6920-14-12

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English

Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey

ContributorsFarooq, Kitty; Lydall, Gregory J; Malik, Amit; Ndetei, David M; Bhugra, Dinesh; ISOSCCIP Group

CollaboratorsBondolfi, Guido

Published inBMC medical education, vol. 14, 12

Publication date2014

Abstract

Recruitment to psychiatry is insufficient to meet projected mental health service needs world-wide. We report on the career plans of final year medical students from 20 countries, investigating factors identified from the literature which influence psychiatric career choice.

Keywords

Adult
Attitude
Career Choice
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Personality
Psychiatry
Questionnaires
Students, Medical/psychology
Young Adult

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie

Research group

Médecine psychosomatique, neurosciences cliniques et mindfulness (690)

Citation (ISO format)

FAROOQ, Kitty et al. Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey. In: BMC medical education, 2014, vol. 14, p. 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-12

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Identifiers

PID : unige:77901
DOI : 10.1186/1472-6920-14-12
PMID : 24422951

ISSN of the journal1472-6920

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Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey

Recruitment to psychiatry is insufficient to meet projected mental health service needs world-wide. We report on the career plans of final year medical students from 20 countries, investigating factors identified from the literature which influence psychiatric career choice.

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