Abstract
To determine the availability of career guidance within psychiatric training, the Collegiate Trainees Committee surveyed 300 trainees who had recently sat the MRCPsych Part II examination and 136 (45%) responded. Most trainees had received little or no career guidance and some had sought career advice without success. One third of trainees felt they had encountered discrimination within their psychiatric training. We urge trainees to be pro-active in seeking career guidance, identify sources of advice and make suggestions for topics to be discussed within consultant supervision sessions. We recommend that local access to career advice should be assessed by visiting College inspection panels.
Highlights
MRCPsych Part II examination and 136 (45%) re sponded
About the factors which determine choice of specialty within psychiatry once a doctor has entered psychiatric training, or about the role of career advice imparted to trainees
Following discussion within the Col legiate Trainees Committee of the Royal College olofcPalsytcrhaiiantereisst's da(yCsTCth) aatndit woirtghanaiusedsi,encietswaast athpe parent that trainees themselves were concerned about the availability of career guidance
Summary
To determine the availability of career guidance within psychiatric training, the Collegiate Trainees Committee surveyed 300 trainees who had recently sat the MRCPsych Part II examination and 136 (45%) re sponded. About the factors which determine choice of specialty within psychiatry once a doctor has entered psychiatric training, or about the role of career advice imparted to trainees. Beyond local training schemes, were outlined by Johnson (1990) and relate to recommendations made by the Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans of the United Kingdom Despite these arrange ments, and following discussion within the Col legiate Trainees Committee of the Royal College olofcPalsytcrhaiiantereisst's da(yCsTCth) aatndit woirtghanaiusedsi,encietswaast athpe parent that trainees themselves were concerned about the availability of career guidance. To assess the size of this problem we surveyed a group of trainees who one would have expected to have received some career advice or guidance - those who had recently sat the MRCPsych Part II examination
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