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Factors associated with medical students' choice of psychiatry as future specialty: a cross-sectional study.

Habtamu KerebihEndalamaw Salelew AbegazHailemariam Hailesilassie
Published in: Advances in medical education and practice (2019)
Family history of mental illness seemed to be a significant factor in medical students' psychiatry choice. Positive attitude to psychiatry, ‎the manner in which psychiatry is taught, satisfaction related to practical and theoretical psychiatry education, having direct involvement in psychiatric patient care and the like were factors that affect psychiatry choice. Therefore, paying due attention to modifiable factors negatively affecting psychiatry choice may increase the selection of the field by medical students as a specialty.
Keyphrases
  • medical students
  • mental illness
  • mental health
  • healthcare
  • decision making
  • working memory
  • risk factors
  • current status
  • quality improvement