Abstract
Aims and MethodThe aim of the study was to elicit the views of senior house officers in psychiatry across London regarding the factors that influence their decision whether to pursue a career in child and adolescent psychiatry. Postal questionnaires were sent to a random sample of all senior house officers on London psychiatry training schemes.ResultsOf the respondents who recalled being taught child psychiatry at medical school, 91% found it interesting and 73% found it useful. Of those who recalled having such teaching during psychiatric training, 90% found it interesting and 85% found it useful. However, this had no significant impact upon subsequent career choice. Experience of working as a senior house officer in child psychiatry did influence future career intentions. Trainees who identified such placements as providing good clinical experience or job satisfaction were significantly more likely to consider the specialty for a future career.Clinical ImplicationsConsultants and managers should create and maintain senior house officer posts that will encourage trainees to perceive the specialty as a future career.
Highlights
There was no statistical difference between those who reported having child psychiatry teaching at undergraduate level and a subsequent intention to consider a career in the specialty (Table 1)
Our results show that 70% of trainees recalled having no teaching or insufficient teaching of child psychiatry at medical school
One possible explanation for this finding is that overseas graduates may be well represented among senior house officers in psychiatry (Tyrer et al, 2002) and that such trainees may have had less exposure to child psychiatry teaching at an undergraduate level
Summary
The aim of the study was to elicit the views of senior house officers in psychiatry across London regarding the factors that influence their decision whether to pursue a career in child and adolescent psychiatry. Postal questionnaires were sent to a random sample of all senior house officers on London psychiatry training schemes
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