TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychiatric specialization as an option for medical students in the Indian context
AU - Praharaj, Samir Kumar
AU - Behere, Rishikesh V.
AU - Deora, Sumit
AU - Sharma, P. S.V.N.
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - There is a shortage of psychiatrists in India and psychiatry as a subject of specialization is not a preferred option among medical undergraduates. There is inadequate exposure to psychiatry during the medical undergraduate training in India which might contribute towards it. There are attempts to overcome the negative attitudes towards psychiatry and mental illness among medical undergraduates by changes in the curriculum. In this paper we attempt to review studies on attitudes of undergraduate students towards psychiatry and compare the results with findings from our own survey done as a part of International Study of Student Career Choice in Psychiatry (ISoSCCiP) project.
AB - There is a shortage of psychiatrists in India and psychiatry as a subject of specialization is not a preferred option among medical undergraduates. There is inadequate exposure to psychiatry during the medical undergraduate training in India which might contribute towards it. There are attempts to overcome the negative attitudes towards psychiatry and mental illness among medical undergraduates by changes in the curriculum. In this paper we attempt to review studies on attitudes of undergraduate students towards psychiatry and compare the results with findings from our own survey done as a part of International Study of Student Career Choice in Psychiatry (ISoSCCiP) project.
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U2 - 10.3109/09540261.2013.822347
DO - 10.3109/09540261.2013.822347
M3 - Article
C2 - 24032496
AN - SCOPUS:84884271035
SN - 0954-0261
VL - 25
SP - 419
EP - 424
JO - International Review of Psychiatry
JF - International Review of Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -
