Junior doctor psychiatry placements in hospital and community settings: a phenomenological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The proportion of junior doctors required to complete psychiatry placements in the UK has increased, due in part to vacant training posts and psychiatry career workforce shortages, as can be seen across the world. The aim of this study was to understand the lived experience of a Foundation Year 1 junior doctor psychiatry placement and to understand how job components influence attitudes.

Design

The study was conducted using a cross-sectional qualitative phenomenological approach.

Setting

Hospital and community psychiatry department settings in the North East of England, UK.

Participants

In total, 14 Foundation Year 1 junior doctors were interviewed including seven men and seven women aged between 23 and 34 years. The majority had completed their medi

SUBMITTER: Beattie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623527 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature