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P Brook

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PubMed1976

Career intentions of senior registrars in general psychiatry.

A postal inquiry of all senior registrars in general psychiatry in the United Kingdom gave a nearly 90 per cent response rate. Between a quarter and a fifth of the respondents will not be pursuing general psychiatry at consultant level in this country, most of these opting for a psychiatric specialty. Nearly all the overseas graduates will probably remain in this country. Slightly fewer women than men are aiming for a consultancy in general psychiatry, the rest of the women proposing to switch to one of the specialties. Some of the implications of these findings are discussed, including a proposal for a yearly follow-up of the respondents.

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PubMed1976

Where do psychiatrists come from? The influence of United Kingdom medical schools on the choice of psychiatry as a career.

The medical schools of origin of 531 psychiatrists who had qualified in the U.K. in the period of 1961-1970 were ascertained. Psychiatrists were for the purpose of the study operationally defined as those who had taken the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Membership examinations since its inception. There were large discrepancies, as much as five-fold, between different medical schools, and no ready explanation is forthcoming. There were also discrepancies in the proportion of women graduates opting for psychiatry.

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PubMed1976

Women senior registrars in psychiatry: background and career intentions.

An inquiry was made of all women senior registrars in general psychiatry who were known to be planning to remain in psychiatry in this country. Most were hoping to work full or maximum part-time, and all except one were aiming for a consultant appointment in general psychiatry or one of the specialties. Many anticipated difficulties in realizing their ambitions because of being tied to one particular area on account of their husbands' employment. A number of solutions to this problem are suggested.

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PubMed1975

Objectives and training in psychiatry.

The recommendations on postgraduate training made by the World Health Organization, the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust and the Royal Medico-Psychological Association are examined in the light of modern concepts of educational objectives. In this country no well defined, specific, assessable and detailed objectives have yet been formulated for postgraduate training in psychiatry.

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PubMed1975

Training opportunities for overseas psychiatrists.

The literature relating to the training opportunities offered to overseas graduates in this country and the United States is reviewed. Although overseas trainees in psychiatry do not see themselves at a great disadvantage, the fact that the great majority are working in non-teaching hospitals means by implication that overall their training is not as good as that of home graduates.

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Academic psychiatrists.

The training experiences of 35 academic psychiatrists first appointed in the years 1966-72, obtained by a postal questionnaire, are reported and compared with those of N.H.S. consultant psychiatrists appointed in the same period. The academic group reported less satisfactory training in a number of important areas, including psychogeriatrics and work in the community. Academics also differ from consultants in their fathers' socio-economic status and educational background.

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PubMed1975

Young psychiatrists.

Psychiatry is failing to recruit sufficient British graduates, reflecting a decline over the past 10 years in the proportion of medical students who are contemplating a career in psychiatry, and there are indications that the specialty is not getting its fair share of the best graduates. By a further analysis of the 1969 follow-up of a sample of the medical students surveyed by ASME in 1961 an attempt was made to compare the undergraduate record of trainee psychiatrists with doctors in other specialties. Interesting information on matters such as medical schools, work settings, and reading habits has emerged but the central question of the quality of psychiatrists remains unanswered. Further investigation, for example, medical students' attitudes to a career in psychiatry, is necessary as a preliminary to any recommendations to improve recruitment to the specialty.

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