Interest in Psychiatry Plateaus

[PublicHealth]

http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/41/8/1-a

Contrary to what's been posted in previous discussions regarding increasing popularity of psychiatry, this article concludes that, "The figures for psychiatry represent a leveling off of U. S. medical student interest in psychiatry after a steady, albeit slow, increase in the previous five years."

Furthermore, "Psychiatrist Sidney Weissman, M.D., who has maintained an active interest in workforce and training issues for many years and is the Area 4 trustee on APA's Board of Trustees, suggested that psychiatry's steady climb in interest among medical students in the past decade may have reached a plateau. He said that without vigilance on the part of psychiatric educators, numbers could begin to fall again—as they had done in the late 1980s—as students gravitate toward high-paying specialties such as anesthesiology and radiology. Weissman said that one area that could be especially important is psychiatric involvement in the structure of the psychiatry curriculum in medical school and in the selection of medical students."

Medical/prescribing psychologists to the rescue?

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[Solideliquid]

http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/41/8/1-a

Contrary to what's been posted in previous discussions regarding increasing popularity of psychiatry, this article concludes that, "The figures for psychiatry represent a leveling off of U. S. medical student interest in psychiatry after a steady, albeit slow, increase in the previous five years."

Furthermore, "Psychiatrist Sidney Weissman, M.D., who has maintained an active interest in workforce and training issues for many years and is the Area 4 trustee on APA's Board of Trustees, suggested that psychiatry's steady climb in interest among medical students in the past decade may have reached a plateau. He said that without vigilance on the part of psychiatric educators, numbers could begin to fall again—as they had done in the late 1980s—as students gravitate toward high-paying specialties such as anesthesiology and radiology. Weissman said that one area that could be especially important is psychiatric involvement in the structure of the psychiatry curriculum in medical school and in the selection of medical students."

Medical/prescribing psychologists to the rescue?

Why is this constantly on your mind?

 

[Hurricane]

Medical/prescribing psychologists to the rescue?

I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole, but...

Weissman said that one area that could be especially important is psychiatric involvement in the structure of the psychiatry curriculum in medical school and in the selection of medical students."

Our school has already had some sucess with this. In our 1st and 2nd year curriculum, the neuroscience components of anatomy, phys, pharm, path etc are separated out into a separate integrated neuroscience course that is by far the most well-organized and well-liked part of the year, and the psych faculty plays a large role in teaching it. And they recently started a neuroscience track where you do some extra journal clubs and shadowing and whatnot. Seems to have worked... We've consistently had a higher than average number of students going into psych - last year it was the second most popular specialty after medicine, and it was pretty popular this year too.

 

[PublicHealth]

Why is this constantly on your mind?

I was being facetious.

I'm also concerned about the future of psychiatry.

 

[Milo]

http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/41/8/1-a

Contrary to what's been posted in previous discussions regarding increasing popularity of psychiatry, this article concludes that, "The figures for psychiatry represent a leveling off of U. S. medical student interest in psychiatry after a steady, albeit slow, increase in the previous five years."

Furthermore, "Psychiatrist Sidney Weissman, M.D., who has maintained an active interest in workforce and training issues for many years and is the Area 4 trustee on APA's Board of Trustees, suggested that psychiatry's steady climb in interest among medical students in the past decade may have reached a plateau. He said that without vigilance on the part of psychiatric educators, numbers could begin to fall again—as they had done in the late 1980s—as students gravitate toward high-paying specialties such as anesthesiology and radiology. Weissman said that one area that could be especially important is psychiatric involvement in the structure of the psychiatry curriculum in medical school and in the selection of medical students."

Medical/prescribing psychologists to the rescue?

Hmm, can't seem to find the yawn emoticon... oh wait this will do.

 

[Anasazi23]

Looks like radiology, urology, dermatology, internal medicine, neurosurgery, and PGY-II anesthesia filled spots leveled off or dropped too!

The field of medicine has plateaud!




http://www.nrmp.org/2006advdata.pdf

Unreal...

 

[Poety]

I have my first psych recruitment party May 10th, can't wait!