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["Psychiatry Takes its Time … " Why Does One Become a Psychiatrist? - A Qualitative Study]
Annemarie Unger1, Rebecca Jahn1, Anna Höflich1
1Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich.
Objective:
Identification of intrinsic motivators involved in choosing psychiatry as a career path.
Methods:
14 qualitative in-depth interviews were analysed systematically using coding frames.
Results:
Positive findings were the interpersonal focus and the holistic approach of psychiatry. Negative dimensions were the unfavorable image among colleagues, the lack of precision, prejudices and stigmatization. To interest more medical students, cases should be presented weighing psychiatric aspects as equally important to other medical aspects.
Conclusions:
To increase the popularity of psychiatry, the prejudices inherent in the medical system need urgent addressing. Teaching should be conducted in case presentations. Psychiatric conditions, which are highly prevalent across all medical fields, need to be adequately represented.
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