Meirong Pan, Xinxin Yue, Ni Tang, Qingjiu Cao, Tianmei Si
{"title":"Factors Influencing an Early Career Choice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Among Chinese Medical Students: An Exploratory Survey.","authors":"Meirong Pan, Xinxin Yue, Ni Tang, Qingjiu Cao, Tianmei Si","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02207-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02207-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study aimed to explore factors influencing Chinese medical students' career choices, especially in choosing child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) as their specialty.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A 23-item online survey was conducted among third-year medical students at Peking University Health Science Center to explore the factors currently influencing their career choices, as well as their preferences and factors that influence the choice of CAP as a career specialty. Their preferences for CAP-focused curricula were also surveyed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 169 students surveyed, 149 (88.17%) responded. Over 80% of the students began contemplating their future career choices, even before their undergraduate studies commenced. Sixty (40.27%) students showed moderate to high interest in CAP, and the top three factors that rendered CAP most attractive included interest in helping society (58.33%), having opportunities to work with children and adolescents (56.67%), and working in an interesting field (53.33%). The primary obstacle to choosing CAP as a specialty was the burden of working with patients and their parents (70.79%). Among the students interested in CAP, 85.00% were interested in engaging with CAP through clinical internships and practical training. Curricula related to psychotherapy, consultation liaison, and psychopharmacology were identified as the most attractive areas.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Positive attitudes toward CAP were found among the responders. To better align with the career development needs of medical students and promote workforce development in the CAP specialty, early career exposure to CAP, such as encompassing clinical clerkships, specialized internships, and interdisciplinary education, should be given more consideration in undergraduate curriculum systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145005766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early Post-implementation Analysis of a Medical Student Mental Health Program.","authors":"Robyn Bernstein, Kasey Cox, Claire Collins, Sujatha Changolkar, Kirk Brower, Erin McKean","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02193-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02193-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Mental health and burnout are major concerns among medical students, yet poor utilization of care persists. Barriers to care for medical students were identified in a previous study. Following this, a no-cost, confidential Medical Student Mental Health Program (MSMHP) was established to address common barriers to care. This study provides an analysis 1 year following the implementation of the MSMHP as well as a comparison to student attitudes and service utilization with the pre-implementation survey.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In early 2023, a survey eliciting information regarding student burnout, barriers to care, and resource utilization and satisfaction was sent to 780 current medical students. Participation was anonymous and voluntary, with optional responses to each question.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ultimately, 387 (50%) medical students responded. Burnout remained at similar levels between years (2020, 2.60; 2023, 2.59), as well as students reporting either a new or previously perceived mental health concern (2020, 67%; 2023, 65%). Satisfaction with the availability of mental health resources for medical students significantly increased since MSMHP implementation; 74% were \"very\" or \"somewhat\" satisfied in 2023, compared with 39% in 2020. While we found that the program addressed the barrier of access, barriers of stigma, time, fear of future disclosure, and cost remained.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study demonstrated that following the implementation of a MSMHP, a greater proportion of medical students obtained mental health care. Despite this, student burnout and concern over mental health and emotional well-being remained high. This may be explained by persistent systemic issues and barriers to care within the medical school experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144999466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rohini Kallianpur, Andrea Kyprianou Baum, Jayme M Palka, Mary E Camp
{"title":"Communicating with Patients with Major Neurocognitive Disorder: An Improv Based Curriculum for Psychiatry Residents.","authors":"Rohini Kallianpur, Andrea Kyprianou Baum, Jayme M Palka, Mary E Camp","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02197-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02197-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144999425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly L Cozza, Althea A Scott, Elle S Cleaves, Derrick A Hamaoka, Courtney C O'Keefe, Eungjae Kim, Matthew Hawks
{"title":"Building Faculty Performance Evaluation from the Ground-Up: Designing Tools and Gauging Acceptance.","authors":"Kelly L Cozza, Althea A Scott, Elle S Cleaves, Derrick A Hamaoka, Courtney C O'Keefe, Eungjae Kim, Matthew Hawks","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02192-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02192-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144999458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I Am the Attending.","authors":"Shannon Simmons","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02205-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02205-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144938016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew White, Elizabeth Britt DeVore, Elissa H Patterson, Scott Mariouw
{"title":"The Impact of a Debriefing Process Group During the Psychiatry Clerkship.","authors":"Andrew White, Elizabeth Britt DeVore, Elissa H Patterson, Scott Mariouw","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02200-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02200-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144938450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Immigrant Family's Role in Professional Metamorphosis: A Story of Transition.","authors":"Pascale Chrisphonte","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02203-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02203-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144938079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Auralyd Padilla Candelario, Elizabeth DeGrush, Sheldon Benjamin
{"title":"The Faculty Retreat as a Tool for Faculty Development.","authors":"Auralyd Padilla Candelario, Elizabeth DeGrush, Sheldon Benjamin","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02198-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40596-025-02198-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144870808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Audrey Eichenberger, Lucy Wang, Olga Koblova, Denise Feil, Tammy Duong, David Mansoor, Parnika Saxena, Esther Teverovsky, Jürgen Unützer
{"title":"Tackling the Geriatric Psychiatry Workforce Shortage Through the Development of Concentrated Training Experiences.","authors":"Audrey Eichenberger, Lucy Wang, Olga Koblova, Denise Feil, Tammy Duong, David Mansoor, Parnika Saxena, Esther Teverovsky, Jürgen Unützer","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02199-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40596-025-02199-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144870807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}