Career choice and influential factors among medical students majoring in psychiatry in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The undergraduate program of psychiatry has been widely established in recent years to improve the education and recruitment of psychiatrists in China. We aim to investigate the career choice of medical students majoring in psychiatry in China and the influential factors.

Method

This multicenter study was conducted in 26 medical schools in China from May to October of 2019. Participants included 4610 medical students majoring in psychiatry and 3857 medical students majoring in clinical medicine. Multivariable logistic regression was used to investigate the influential factors of students' choices of psychiatry at matriculation and as a career.

Results

44.08% of psychiatry majored students gave psychiatry as a first choice at matriculation, and 56.67% of the

SUBMITTER: Zhang YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992123 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature