O'Connor K, Thekiso T, Douglas L, Barry H, Flynn D, McCarthy A, Swanwick G
Cavan Mental Health Services, Cavan General Hospital, Cavan.
Ir Med J. 2013 May;106(5):141-3.
Some medical specialties struggle to recruit sufficient trainees to their postgraduate programmes. In many countries including Ireland, psychiatry is one of these specialties. A psychiatric summer school was developed by the trainee committee of the College of Psychiatry of Ireland as a recruitment initiative. All applicants were invited to complete a questionnaire prior, on the day of and three months after the summer school assessing their attitudes to a career in psychiatry. The mean score on the modified Nielson questionnaire in the pre-summer school group was 26.7 (SD +/- 3.8) and this rose significantly 28.3 (SD +/- 3.2) after completion of the summer school. 64% (n = 31) of applicants to the Summer school expressed an interest in a career in psychiatry. This rose to 88% (n = 32) of those who attended. The findings of this study have national and international interest for all specialties who are struggling to recruit to their field.
一些医学专科难以招募到足够的实习生参加其研究生项目。在包括爱尔兰在内的许多国家，精神病学就是这类专科之一。爱尔兰精神病学学院的实习生委员会开办了一个精神病学暑期学校，作为一项招募举措。所有申请者都被邀请在暑期学校之前、当天以及结束三个月后填写一份问卷，评估他们对精神病学职业的态度。暑期学校前组在改良尼尔森问卷上的平均得分是26.7（标准差±3.8），在暑期学校结束后显著升至28.3（标准差±3.2）。暑期学校的申请者中有64%（n = 31）表示对精神病学职业感兴趣。参加者的这一比例升至88%（n = 32）。这项研究的结果对所有难以招募到本领域实习生的专科都具有国内和国际意义。
