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Chapter 2.6 - Supporting the Psychiatrists of Tomorrow

from Section 2 - The Undergraduate Psychiatry Curriculum: Planning and Delivery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

By
Zoé Mulliez
Edited by
Patrick Hughes  and
Julie Langan Martin
Patrick Hughes
Affiliation:
NHS Forth Valley
Julie Langan Martin
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Choose Psychiatry campaign aims to shine a light on the breadth of opportunities a career in psychiatry entails, while providing support to school students, medical students, foundation doctors, trainees and anyone interested in psychiatry. The latest figures demonstrate the positive impact it has had on recruitment, with nearly a 100% CT1 fill rate in England in 2019 compared to 67.3% in 2017.

The psychiatrists of tomorrow need a unique skill set to provide the holistic care that people with mental illness need. A variety of initiatives exist, at both national and university levels, to support them in gaining the necessary interpersonal skills while further developing their medical expertise. This chapter provides a non-exhaustive list of the initiatives currently available. We encourage all medical schools’ leaders and undergraduate teaching leads in psychiatry to read RCPsych’s Choose Psychiatry: Guidance for Medical Schools for further information and analysis of the impact of those initiatives on medical students’ experiences of psychiatry.

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Teaching Psychiatry to Undergraduates , pp. 57 - 60
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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