Uncovering trends in training progression for a national cohort of psychiatry trainees: discrete-time survival analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global rise in mental health issues calls for a strong psychiatry workforce. Yet, psychiatry training worldwide is facing recruitment challenges, causing unfilled consultant posts and possibly threatening the quality of patient care. An in-depth understanding of trainees' progression through training is warranted to explore what happens to recruited trainees during training.

Aims

To uncover current trends in psychiatry trainees' progression through training in the UK.

Method

This national retrospective cohort study with data from the UK Medical Education Database used discrete-time survival analysis to analyse training progression for those trainees who started their core psychiatry post in 2012-2017 (2820 trainees; 59.6% female, 67.6% UK graduates (UKG

SUBMITTER: Silkens MEWM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8269924 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature