Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-ndw9j Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-18T18:46:03.306Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Choice of Career of Consultant Psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter Brook
Peter Brook*
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge CB1 5EF
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

All consultants in general psychiatry appointed in Britain between 1 October 1975 and 30 September 1978 were sent a questionnaire asking about their training and adequacy of experience before making a final decision. Over a quarter of the respondents were women, of whom a third had trained part-time. Family circumstances and availability of part-time posts were important determinants. Overseas graduates formed another quarter. For many psychiatry was not their first love but availability of posts and status were important factors in choice of career. Many consultants felt they lacked experience in the subspecialties within psychiatry.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 4 , April 1981 , pp. 326 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

British Medical Association (1977) Draft evidence to the Royal Commission on the National Health Service. British Medical Journal, i, 319.Google Scholar
Brook, P. (1972) Consultant psychiatrists. British Journal of Medical Education, 6, 190–195.Google Scholar
Brook, P. (1973) Psychiatrists in Training. British Journal of Psychiatry, Special Publication No. 7, London.Google Scholar
Brook, P. (1974a) Postgraduate education and training. British Journal of Psychiatry, 124, 109–124.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Brook, P. (1974b) Psychiatrists: Background, career and career alternatives of a group of recently appointed consultants. British Journal of Psychiatry, 125, 1–9.Google Scholar
Brook, P. (1977) Psychiatric training: The consultant's view. British Medical Journal, i, 622–623.Google Scholar
Brook, P. (1978) Consultant psychiatrists: Who are they and where are they going. Medical Education, 12, 382–383.Google Scholar
Brook, P. (1980) Is psychiatric training improving. British Medical Journal, 281, 787–788.Google Scholar
DHSS (1966) Statistics and Research Division Hospital Medical Staff. National Tables, 30th September 1975.Google Scholar
Brook, P. (1976) Statistics and Research Division. Hospital Medical Staff. National Tables, 30th September 1975.Google Scholar
Hutt, R. Parsons, D. & Pearson, R. (1979) The Determinants of Doctors Career Decisions. Institute of Manpower Studies. University of Sussex.Google Scholar
Royal College of Psychiatrists (1977) Women in psychiatry. Report of a working party. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, December, p. 1–4.Google Scholar
Royal Medico-Psychological Association (1969) Report on the questionnaire on postgraduate experience and training of consultants in adult psychiatry. British Journal of Psychiatry, 115, 225–231.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.