Factors Influencing for Training Psychiatry of Psychiatrists in Thailand
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Background: Stress in everyday life is increasing, resulting in more psychiatric patients. However, there are not enough psychiatrists in our country nowadays. A major strategy for promoting psychiatric recruitment may require information about factors influencing the post-grads to choose psychiatry.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine various factors influencing the selection of a psychiatric residency program and changes in influence of those factors.
Methods: Questionnaires were sent to all psychiatrists as shown in the mailing lists of Thailand Psychiatrist Association during Nov 23 to Dec 18, 2009. Chi-square test was used as a statistical analysis and the significant level was set at p < 0.05.
Results: Generally, the most important factor found was internal factor, i.e, favor, interesting in what might happen inside the minds, preferring to work with people's minds, belief in self-potential, and feeling of fitting in. The others were factors about the residency program and characteristics of the psychiatric field, and experiences during being medical students or working as general practitioners, respectively. During the last 10 years, there were differences in choosing how important the factors were, statistically significant, i.e. leisure time (p = 0.000), risk of work-related hazards (p = 0.007), and risk of being sued (p = 0.001).
Conclusion: The most influencing factor was the internal factor, individually. In current decade, the result showed that the factors concerning the hardship of the work and risks from the job were important and increasing. Thus, further investigations in depth are warranted.
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