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Factors that influence psychiatric trainees’ choice of higher training specialty: mixed-methods study

AIMS AND METHOD: Factors influencing trainees’ decisions about choosing and remaining in higher training subspecialties have not been widely researched. We administered telephone questionnaires to higher specialist trainees in the north-east of England to ascertain what influences these decisions. T...

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Autores principales: Wolstenholme, Nicholas, McKinnon, Iain, Lloyd, Adrian J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10214430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35040424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.128
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description AIMS AND METHOD: Factors influencing trainees’ decisions about choosing and remaining in higher training subspecialties have not been widely researched. We administered telephone questionnaires to higher specialist trainees in the north-east of England to ascertain what influences these decisions. Thematic analysis was employed to develop overall constructs. RESULTS: Twenty-seven trainees were interviewed, resulting in six overall constructs. These were: supervisory experiences; perceived work–life balance; career prospects; training and working environments; interest in the chosen subspecialty; and previous experience within the chosen subspecialty. Most trainees interviewed felt they had made the right specialty choice. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: This study demonstrates the particular importance of exposure to a specialty and perceptions of the supervisory experience in determining trainees’ choices of, and decisions to remain in, a particular psychiatric specialty. Factors highlighted in this study must inform training, recruitment and workforce planning in order to bolster the recruitment and retention of trainees into higher specialty training.
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spelling pubmed-102144302023-06-01 Factors that influence psychiatric trainees’ choice of higher training specialty: mixed-methods study Wolstenholme, Nicholas McKinnon, Iain Lloyd, Adrian J. BJPsych Bull Education and Training AIMS AND METHOD: Factors influencing trainees’ decisions about choosing and remaining in higher training subspecialties have not been widely researched. We administered telephone questionnaires to higher specialist trainees in the north-east of England to ascertain what influences these decisions. Thematic analysis was employed to develop overall constructs. RESULTS: Twenty-seven trainees were interviewed, resulting in six overall constructs. These were: supervisory experiences; perceived work–life balance; career prospects; training and working environments; interest in the chosen subspecialty; and previous experience within the chosen subspecialty. Most trainees interviewed felt they had made the right specialty choice. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: This study demonstrates the particular importance of exposure to a specialty and perceptions of the supervisory experience in determining trainees’ choices of, and decisions to remain in, a particular psychiatric specialty. Factors highlighted in this study must inform training, recruitment and workforce planning in order to bolster the recruitment and retention of trainees into higher specialty training. Cambridge University Press 2023-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10214430/ /pubmed/35040424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.128 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wolstenholme, Nicholas
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title_full Factors that influence psychiatric trainees’ choice of higher training specialty: mixed-methods study
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title_short Factors that influence psychiatric trainees’ choice of higher training specialty: mixed-methods study
title_sort factors that influence psychiatric trainees’ choice of higher training specialty: mixed-methods study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10214430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35040424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.128
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