Attitudes of early-career psychiatrists in Japan toward child and adolescent psychiatry and their career decision.
The aim of the present study was to carry out a national survey to understand the attitude of early-career psychiatrists toward child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP). The subjects were 348 early-career psychiatrists. A questionnaire was sent to the subjects and returned anonymously. A total of 234 subjects (67.2%) responded. Ten out of 115 psychiatrists (8.9%) in their first-third year of experience, and 18 of 119 psychiatrists (15.1%) in their fourth-10th year answered that they had interest in CAP. Psychiatry rotations with adequate CAP cases may be necessary to attract early-career psychiatrists to CAP.
Tateno
Masaru
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan. tatema@sapmed.ac.jp
Kato
Takahiro
T
Nakano
Wakako
W
Teo
Alan R
AR
Nakagawa
Atsuo
A
Miyajima
Kaya
K
Kanba
Shigenobu
S
Nakamura
Jun
J
Saito
Toshikazu
T
D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007564:Japan; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D013038:Specialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires