Impact of a psychiatry clerkship on stigma, attitudes towards psychiatry, and psychiatry as a career choice
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Impact of a psychiatry clerkship on stigma, attitudes towards psychiatry, and psychiatry as a career choice
BACKGROUND Mental illnesses are a major public health problem around the world and the prevalence and burden of common mental disorders is growing. Psychiatry is an unpopular career choice for many medical students and this impacts negatively on the supply of psychiatrists to the workforce. The psychiatry clerkship can play an important role in influencing students' attitudes towards psychiatry...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0307-4