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

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....

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Main Authors: Vincent I.O Agyapong, Amanda Ritchie, Kacy Doucet, Gerald Agyapong-Opoku, Reham Shalaby, Marianne Hrabok, Thaddeus Ulzen, Akwasi Osei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2020-01-01
Series:Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
Subjects:
Careers
incentives
medical students
psychiatry
stigma
risk
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425120000242/type/journal_article

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