Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Section of Biological Sciences Proceedings of Summer Meeting, Trinity College Dublin Medical School, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8 on Thursday and Friday, 26th and 27th June, 1986

1987 ◽  
Vol 156 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Chan ◽  
L. Cocoman ◽  
J. Feely ◽  
J. J. O’Connor ◽  
M. J. Rowan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Trinity College ◽  
Trinity College Dublin ◽  
Dublin Medical ◽  
Ireland Section

Royal academy of medicine in Ireland section of biological sciences

1982 ◽  
Vol 151 (1) ◽  
pp. 395-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Murphy ◽  
M. P. Ryan ◽  
M. F. Murnaghan ◽  
B. McGovern ◽  
Aidan P. Cosgrove ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Ireland Section

Royal academy of medicine in Ireland section of biological sciences

1971 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Warner ◽  
F. Kyne ◽  
S. Kelly ◽  
P. F. Fottrell ◽  
J. Donlon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Ireland Section

Royal academy of medicine in Ireland section of biological sciences

1971 ◽  
Vol 140 (6) ◽  
pp. 283-285
Author(s):  
F. Dowling ◽  
T. P. Mulvihill ◽  
C. A. O’Neill ◽  
R. A. Brown ◽  
Judith A. Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Ireland Section

Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Section of Biological Sciences Proceedings of Winter Meeting held on Monday, 5th January, 1987

1987 ◽  
Vol 156 (10) ◽  
pp. 292-305
Author(s):  
C. Walsh ◽  
B. P. Rooney ◽  
J. B. Coakley ◽  
K. J. O’Driscoll ◽  
T. C. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Ireland Section

Royal academy of medicine in ireland section of biological sciences

1990 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
J. P. McCabe ◽  
R. P. Waldron ◽  
M. J. Kerin ◽  
D. F. Courtney ◽  
H. F. Given ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Ireland Section

Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland section of biological sciences Proceedings of Summer Meeting held at University of Ulster at Jordanstown, 22nd & 23rd June, 1990

1991 ◽  
Vol 160 (5) ◽  
pp. 140-159
Author(s):  
J. M. Allen ◽  
A. A. Abu Shanab ◽  
D. J. S. Guthrie ◽  
G. B. Irvine ◽  
B. Walker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Ireland Section

Royal academy of medicine in ireland section of biological sciences

1986 ◽  
Vol 155 (9) ◽  
pp. 320-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. McLoughlin ◽  
N. McCaffrey ◽  
R. G. O’Regan ◽  
M. K. Hammad ◽  
B. L. Sheppard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Ireland Section

Psychiatrists: An Endangered Species? A Study to Observe Attitude of Fifth Year Medical Students to Psychiatry and to Compare Change in Same after a Psychiatry Posting During Medical School

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navroop Johnson ◽  
Declan Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Trinity College ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Trinity College Dublin ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Almost All

AbstractObjective: This study was conducted to gauge the attitude of fifth year medical students to psychiatry as a potential career choice and to determine if an eight-week clinical attachment had any impact on this.Methods: We surveyed a cohort of fifth year medical students from Trinity College Dublin. A purpose designed, self-completed questionnaire was used to establish a number of variables and was given to students on the first and last day of their attachment in psychiatry. Participation was optional and responses were confidential. Questionnaires were distributed following an explanation of the purpose of the study.Results: The survey was applied to 118 fifth year medical students. The most significant finding of the study was the increase in number of students choosing psychiatry (17%) as a possible career upon completion of the attachment as compared to before (4%). The majority of the students considered psychiatry as a mainstream specialty with little change in this perception pre and post attachment. Almost all of the students believed that a psychiatry posting would improve their communication skills when dealing with patients.Approximately half of students chose medical subspecialties as career choice prior to their psychiatry posting but this declined afterwards. There was a small increase in the number of students wanting to become GPs and those who were undecided about their potential career choice.With regards to deterrents to doing psychiatry, the principal one was the belief that psychiatry was too depressing and stressful. Lack of interest, adverse career prospects and financial considerations featured in a minority of student answers.Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that psychiatry remains less attractive to students as a career compared to some other specialities but a clinical attachment may be an important means of raising interest in psychiatry as a career.

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