TY - JOUR
T1 - Research by Psychiatric Trainees and Early Career Psychiatrists—Results of a Survey From 34 Countries in Europe
AU - Koelkebeck, Katja
AU - Andlauer, Olivier
AU - Asztalos, Marton
AU - Jovanovic, Nikolina
AU - Kazakova, Olga
AU - Naughton, Sean
AU - Pantovic-Stefanovic, Maja
AU - Riese, Florian
AU - Pinto da Costa, Mariana
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Early Career Psychiatrist Committee of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) and the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees (EFPT) for providing the platform to carry out this research. We thank Professor Denisa Mendon?a and Professor Pedro Oliveira from the University of Porto for their help in setting up the questionnaire. We are also grateful to Dr. John Tweed for proof-reading the final version of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Koelkebeck, Andlauer, Asztalos, Jovanovic, Kazakova, Naughton, Pantovic-Stefanovic, Riese and Pinto da Costa.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9/10
Y1 - 2021/9/10
N2 - Clinical psychiatric practice should be intricately linked with research work. Although psychiatric trainees and early career psychiatrists (ECPs) are in the frontline of clinical services, little is known about how much access they have to research opportunities. A semi-structured questionnaire of 35 questions—exploring research goals achieved, facilitators and barriers as well as personal context—was sent to psychiatric trainees and ECPs across Europe. The survey was disseminated through the local committees of the main professional psychiatric societies in Europe. A total of 258 individuals working in 34 European countries participated. The majority (69.8%) were psychiatric trainees within training in adult psychiatry. Most participants (69.0%) were highly interested in research, but faced major obstacles toward their research activities, such as lack of time and funding. They were highly satisfied with mentoring and publishing papers. Only half of the participants, however, had already published a scientific article, and only a few have been able to contribute to randomized clinical trials (20.9%). A large proportion of participants (87.2%) reported to conduct research after or during a mixture of working hours and after working hours. Only one tenth ever received a grant for their work. These findings highlight that the key barriers for the performance of research are lack of time and funding. Psychiatric trainees and ECPs are motivated to perform research but need support and regular opportunities.
AB - Clinical psychiatric practice should be intricately linked with research work. Although psychiatric trainees and early career psychiatrists (ECPs) are in the frontline of clinical services, little is known about how much access they have to research opportunities. A semi-structured questionnaire of 35 questions—exploring research goals achieved, facilitators and barriers as well as personal context—was sent to psychiatric trainees and ECPs across Europe. The survey was disseminated through the local committees of the main professional psychiatric societies in Europe. A total of 258 individuals working in 34 European countries participated. The majority (69.8%) were psychiatric trainees within training in adult psychiatry. Most participants (69.0%) were highly interested in research, but faced major obstacles toward their research activities, such as lack of time and funding. They were highly satisfied with mentoring and publishing papers. Only half of the participants, however, had already published a scientific article, and only a few have been able to contribute to randomized clinical trials (20.9%). A large proportion of participants (87.2%) reported to conduct research after or during a mixture of working hours and after working hours. Only one tenth ever received a grant for their work. These findings highlight that the key barriers for the performance of research are lack of time and funding. Psychiatric trainees and ECPs are motivated to perform research but need support and regular opportunities.
KW - barriers
KW - early career psychiatrists
KW - facilitators
KW - psychiatric trainees
KW - research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115690471&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.718669
DO - 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.718669
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115690471
SN - 1664-0640
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychiatry
JF - Frontiers in Psychiatry
M1 - 718669
ER -
