Barriers and facilitators to conducting research by early career psychiatrists: a literature review

Authors

  • Katja Koelkebeck LVR-Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany Author
  • Maja Pantovic Stefanovic Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Serbia, Pasterova 2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Author
  • Dorota Frydecka Wroclaw Medical University, Department and Clinic of Psychiatry, Wybrzeze L. Pasteura 10, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland Author
  • Claudia Palumbo Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare, 11, Bari, Italy Author
  • Olivier Andlauer East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, Trust 9 Allie Street, London, E1 8DE, United Kingdom Author
  • Florian Riese Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London, Cherry Tree Way, E13 8SP London, United Kingdom Author
  • Nikolina Jovanovic Mental Health Neuroscience Department, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom Author
  • Mariana Pinto da Costa Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal Author

Keywords:

Barriers, facilitators, research training, psychiatric training, early career psychiatrists, psychiatric trainees, residency training

Abstract

Objectives: To understand and identify factors that promote and prevent research participation among early career psychiatrists (ECPs), in order to understand what would encourage more ECPs to pursue a research career. Methods: We conducted an electronic search of databases (PubMed and the Cochrane library) using the keywords ‘doctors’, ‘trainees’, ‘residents’, ‘physicians’ and ‘psychiatric trainees’ as well as ‘research’ (MeSH) and ‘publishing’ (MeSH). This search was complemented by a secondary hand search. Results: We identified 524 articles, of which 16 fulfilled inclusion criteria for this review. The main barriers included lack of dedicated time for research, lack of mentoring and lack of funding. The main facilitators were opportunities to receive mentorship and access to research funding. Conclusions: Action is needed to counteract the lack of ECPs interested in a career in research. Specific programs encouraging ECPs to pursue research careers and having access to mentors could help increase the current numbers of researching clinicians in the field.

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Published

2019-07-04

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 02 (2019): GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES

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