Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:1240-1243
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
The 1982 first-year resident in psychiatry
SH Weissman and PG Bashook
A 197-item questionnaire was distributed to the 541 medical students who
matched into first-year postgraduate positions in psychiatry in 1982. The
questionnaire obtained basic personal data, career plans before entering
medical school, experiences in medical school, factors relating to
selection of residency program, future plans, and attitude toward personal
psychotherapy. The authors report the results for the 274 residents who
completed the questionnaire (51% of the students). They explore the finding
that first-year psychiatric residents do not plan careers in areas that the
National Institute of Mental Health has defined as having
priority--children and the aged.
