Factors influencing medical students and psychiatry residents in Ghana to consider psychiatry as a career option - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, Ghana has 14 actively practicing psychiatrists and about 26 psychiatric residents for a population of over 28 million people. Previous research suggests a lack of interest by Ghanaian medical students and medical graduates in considering psychiatry as a career option.

Objectives

To examine the perception of medical students and psychiatry residents in Ghana about the barriers which hinder Ghanaian medical graduates from choosing careers in psychiatry and how these barriers could be overcome.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional qualitative study with data gathered using focus group discussion. Twenty clinical year medical students were selected through block randomization from the four public medical schools in Ghana and invited to participate in o

SUBMITTER: Agyapong VIO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7786269 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature