Pandian Haridha, Mohamedali Zahra, Chapman George E, Vinchenzo Patricia, Ahmed Suhana, Mulliez Zoé, Bruce Helen, Burn Wendy, Korszun Ania, Tracy Derek K
Medical School, King's College London, UK.
College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
BJPsych Bull. 2020 Jun;44(3):91-95. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2019.88.
Medical recruitment and retention are national problems. Psychiatry has been more affected than many specialties, as a result of stigma from the public and other healthcare professionals. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has undertaken several initiatives to redress this, notably the 'Choose Psychiatry' campaign. In this editorial we argue that student-led university psychiatry societies are a wonderful but frequently untapped resource to help attract the brightest and best medical students to our profession. We describe the activities of three 'Psych Socs' across the UK and propose next steps to continue this work.
医学人才的招募与留用是全国性问题。与许多专科相比，精神病学受到的影响更大，这是公众及其他医疗专业人员的污名化所致。皇家精神病医学院已采取多项举措来纠正这一情况，尤其是“选择精神病学”运动。在这篇社论中，我们认为由学生主导的大学精神病学社团是一种很棒但经常未被充分利用的资源，有助于吸引最聪明、最优秀的医学生投身我们这个行业。我们描述了英国三个“精神病学社团”的活动，并提出了继续这项工作的后续步骤。
