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What makes UK, Switzerland and Sweden attractive to trainees?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

T. Mogren ,
K. Holmes ,
E. Biskup  and
M. Pinto da Costa
T. Mogren*
Affiliation:
Allmänpykiatriska Kliniken Falun/Säter, Psychiatry, Säter, Sweden
K. Holmes
Affiliation:
Locum UK, Psychiatry, Bristol, United Kingdom
E. Biskup
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Basel, Department of Internal Medicine, Basel, Switzerland
M. Pinto da Costa
Affiliation:
Hospital de Magalhaes Lemos, Department of Psychiatry of Porto, Porto, Portugal Queen Mary University of London, Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Migration of medical professionals has a global impact on healthcare and services, including on mental health. Exploring the reasons for migration and why psychiatric trainees consider to migrate to certain countries is therefore crucial to understand the decision-making process related to migration of psychiatric trainees as well as of future specialists.

Objectives

The aims of this Brain Drain Survey, was to research which countries most trainees in Europe migrate to (host countries) and for which reasons trainees choose to migrate to these countries (“pull factors”).

Methods

In a multicenter, cross-sectional study, data was collected in 33 countries. As part of the survey, all participants responded to a questionnaire exploring trainees’ experiences and attitudes towards migration.

Results

Our results showed that Sweden, Switzerland and the UK were all significant net hosts. The percentage of immigrants varied between these countries. One of the main contributors as a “pull” factor was unsurprisingly, salary. It is notable that all three-host countries were within the highest wage brackets within our survey.

Conclusions

Psychiatric trainees tend to migrate to countries with higher income.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EECP symposium: Transcultural adaptation after migration: Challenges and advantages for a young psychiatrist
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. 914
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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