Medical Students' Career Choice and Attitudes Toward
Psychiatry: Case of the Czech Republic

J 2020

Medical Students' Career Choice and Attitudes Toward Psychiatry: Case of the Czech Republic

MOTLOVA BANKOVSKA, Lucie, Miroslava JANOUSKOVA, Tomas FORMANEK, Michal GOETZ, David HOLUB et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Medical Students' Career Choice and Attitudes Toward Psychiatry: Case of the Czech Republic

Authors

MOTLOVA BANKOVSKA, Lucie (203 Czech Republic), Miroslava JANOUSKOVA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Tomas FORMANEK (203 Czech Republic), Michal GOETZ (203 Czech Republic), David HOLUB (203 Czech Republic), Jan HUBENAK (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš KAŠPÁREK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Klara LATALOVA (203 Czech Republic), Hana PAPEZOVA (203 Czech Republic), Miroslav SVĚTLÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr SILHAN (203 Czech Republic), Pavel TRANCIK (203 Czech Republic), Jan VEVERA (203 Czech Republic) and Richard BALON (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY, NEW YORK, SPRINGER, 2020, 1042-9670

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30215 Psychiatry

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.293

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/20:00116650

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01311-z

UT WoS

000574123800001

Keywords in English

Psychiatry; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Undergraduate training; Career choice; Stigma

Abstract

V originále

Objective A survey among medical students of all medical schools in the Czech Republic was conducted to investigate attitudes and views of psychiatry and career choice of psychiatry. Methods A Czech version of the Attitudes to Psychiatry Scale (APS) and a questionnaire surveying demographic characteristics and choices of future specialty were distributed to all medical students of eight medical schools in the Czech Republic via the schools' internal communication systems in the form of an anonymous online questionnaire. Results Out of a total of 10,147 medical students in the Czech Republic (academic year 2019/2020), 2418 students participated in the survey (response rate 23.8%). Psychiatry as a non-exclusive career choice was considered by 31.3% respondents; child and adolescent psychiatry was considered by 15.4% respondents. Psychiatry as the only choice was considered by 1.6%, and child and adolescent psychiatry was not considered at all. The interest in both specialties was declining since the first year of study. The status of psychiatry among other medical specialties was perceived as low; students were rather discouraged from entering psychiatry by their families. They did not feel encouraged by their teachers to pursue career in psychiatry despite the fact that they were interested in psychiatry. They also felt uncomfortable with patients with mental illness. Conclusions Despite high enthusiasm for psychiatry in the first year of medical school, only a small proportion of medical students consider to choose psychiatry, and especially child and adolescent psychiatry, as a career at the end of medical school.

Citovat

MOTLOVA BANKOVSKA, Lucie, Miroslava JANOUSKOVA, Tomas FORMANEK, Michal GOETZ, David HOLUB, Jan HUBENAK, Tomáš KAŠPÁREK, Klara LATALOVA, Hana PAPEZOVA, Miroslav SVĚTLÁK, Petr SILHAN, Pavel TRANCIK, Jan VEVERA and Richard BALON. Medical Students' Career Choice and Attitudes Toward Psychiatry: Case of the Czech Republic. ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY. NEW YORK: SPRINGER, 2020, vol. 44, No 6, p. 751-755. ISSN 1042-9670. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01311-z.

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N2  - Objective A survey among medical students of all medical schools in the Czech Republic was conducted to investigate attitudes and views of psychiatry and career choice of psychiatry. Methods A Czech version of the Attitudes to Psychiatry Scale (APS) and a questionnaire surveying demographic characteristics and choices of future specialty were distributed to all medical students of eight medical schools in the Czech Republic via the schools' internal communication systems in the form of an anonymous online questionnaire. Results Out of a total of 10,147 medical students in the Czech Republic (academic year 2019/2020), 2418 students participated in the survey (response rate 23.8%). Psychiatry as a non-exclusive career choice was considered by 31.3% respondents; child and adolescent psychiatry was considered by 15.4% respondents. Psychiatry as the only choice was considered by 1.6%, and child and adolescent psychiatry was not considered at all. The interest in both specialties was declining since the first year of study. The status of psychiatry among other medical specialties was perceived as low; students were rather discouraged from entering psychiatry by their families. They did not feel encouraged by their teachers to pursue career in psychiatry despite the fact that they were interested in psychiatry. They also felt uncomfortable with patients with mental illness. Conclusions Despite high enthusiasm for psychiatry in the first year of medical school, only a small proportion of medical students consider to choose psychiatry, and especially child and adolescent psychiatry, as a career at the end of medical school.
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MOTLOVA BANKOVSKA, Lucie, Miroslava JANOUSKOVA, Tomas FORMANEK, Michal GOETZ, David HOLUB, Jan HUBENAK, Tomáš KAŠPÁREK, Klara LATALOVA, Hana PAPEZOVA, Miroslav SVĚTLÁK, Petr SILHAN, Pavel TRANCIK, Jan VEVERA and Richard BALON. Medical Students' Career Choice and Attitudes Toward Psychiatry: Case of the Czech Republic. \textit{ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY}. NEW YORK: SPRINGER, 2020, vol.~44, No~6, p.~751-755. ISSN~1042-9670. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01311-z.

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