Psychiatric manpower in Canada-The 1980 surveys.
The estimation of manpower needs is a complex endeavour due to the multiplicity of variables involved. Part I of this report presents national and interprovincial comparisons of demographic and practice data collected through a questionnaire survey of 1089 psychiatrists listed in the provincial specialists registers (i.e. 51.6% response rate). Of our respondents, 57.9% practice in urban areas of 500,000 inhabitants or more; the male-female ratio is 9 to 1; 37.9% are foreign medical graduates; and 98.5% of the specialists are exam qualified. General adult psychiatry accounts for 57.6% of the time spent in clinical practice and the total professional week is estimated to be 48.9 hours. The experience gathered towards the design of a monitoring system, the significance of the psychiatrist-to-population ratio, the comparison of our data with other manpower studies and a review of recruitment variables conclude the report.
D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D002170:Canada; D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D005544:Forecasting; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000639:trends; D011570:Psychiatry; D000078329:Workforce