Predicting Medical Students’ Current Attitudes Toward Psychiatry, Interest in Psychiatry, and Estimated Likelihood of Working in Psychiatry: A Cross-Sectional Study in Four European Countries
| Autor: | Michael Liebrenz, Wulf Rössler, Ingeborg Warnke, Tamás Tényi, Nicolas Rüsch, Alex Gamma, Bernd Strebel, Roman Schleifer, Maria Buadze, Carlos Canela |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Warnke, Ingeborg |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Cross-sectional study Computer-assisted web interviewing Berufswahl German 2738 Psychiatry and Mental Health 0302 clinical medicine Professional preference lcsh:Psychiatry gender curriculum-related experience 030212 general & internal medicine 610 Medicine & health Schools Medical Original Research Psychiatry multivariable modeling Preference Psychiatry and Mental health Scale (social sciences) study year attitudes toward psychiatry language interest in psychiatry Psychology Study year medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:RC435-571 Interest in psychiatry education Multivariable modeling Sample (statistics) medical school 03 medical and health sciences Gender identity medicine ddc:610 Curriculum Vocational guidance Medizinstudium Geschlecht language.human_language 030227 psychiatry Education Snowball sampling Attitudes toward psychiatry 10054 Clinic for Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics professional preference Curriculum-related experience Psychiatrie |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 9 (2018) Frontiers in Psychiatry Warnke, Ingeborg Lisa Maria; Gamma, Alex; Buadze, Maria; Schleifer, Roman; Canela, Carlos; Strebel, Bernd; Tényi, Tamás; Rössler, Wulf; Rüsch, Nicolas; Liebrenz, Michael (2018). Predicting Medical Students' Current Attitudes Toward Psychiatry, Interest in Psychiatry, and Estimated Likelihood of Working in Psychiatry: A Cross-Sectional Study in Four European Countries. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9(49), p. 49. Frontiers 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00049 |
| ISSN: | 1664-0640 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00049 |
| Popis: | Psychiatry as a medical discipline is becoming increasingly important due to the high and increasing worldwide burden associated with mental disorders. Surprisingly, however, there is a lack of young academics choosing psychiatry as a career. Previous evidence on medical students’ perspectives is abundant but has methodological shortcomings. Therefore, by attempting to avoid previous shortcomings, we aimed to contribute to a better understanding of the predictors of the following three outcome variables: current medical students’ attitudes toward psychiatry, interest in psychiatry, and estimated likelihood of working in psychiatry. The sample consisted of N = 1,356 medical students at 45 medical schools in Germany and Austria as well as regions of Switzerland and Hungary with a German language curriculum. We used snowball sampling via Facebook with a link to an online questionnaire as recruitment procedure. Snowball sampling is based on referrals made among people. This questionnaire included a German version of the Attitudes Toward Psychiatry Scale (ATP-30-G) and further variables related to outcomes and potential predictors in terms of sociodemography (e.g., gender) or medical training (e.g., curriculum-related experience with psychiatry). Data were analyzed by linear mixed models and further regression models. On average, students had a positive attitude to and high general interest in, but low professional preference for, psychiatry. A neutral attitude to psychiatry was partly related to the discipline itself, psychiatrists, or psychiatric patients. Female gender and previous experience with psychiatry, particularly curriculum-related and personal experience, were important predictors of all outcomes. Students in the first years of medical training were more interested in pursuing psychiatry as a career. Furthermore, the country of the medical school was related to the outcomes. However, statistical models explained only a small proportion of variance. The findings indicate that particularly curriculum-related experience is important for determining attitudes toward psychiatry, interest in the subject and self-predicted professional career choice. We therefore encourage the provision of opportunities for clinical experience by psychiatrists. However, further predictor variables need to be considered in future studies. |
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