Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city

Sara Bandar Badirah; Nasser Mansur Al Shanbari; Abdulaziz Sa'ad Aljuaid; Anas Atiyah Alzahrani; Ibrahim Ali Alasmari; Fatma Ali Albarqi; Amar Mohammad Alkhotani

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IJMDC. 2023; 7(2): 303-309

doi: 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city

Sara Bandar Badirah, Nasser Mansur Al Shanbari, Abdulaziz Sa'ad Aljuaid, Anas Atiyah Alzahrani, Ibrahim Ali Alasmari, Fatma Ali Albarqi, Amar Mohammad Alkhotani.

Abstract
Background: Psychiatric disorders represent a global health concern that can progress to more complicated consequences, including suicide. These severe consequences can be prevented by administering appropriate treatment and early intervention. However, a significant shortage of psychiatric professionals has been found. Thus, in this study, we aimed to assess the attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city, Saudi Arabia.
Method: This online cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city, Saudi Arabia. It included 289 medical students in their fourth to sixth years. Multivariable logistic regression was used to investigate the factors influencing students’ choice of psychiatry as a career.
Results: The findings showed that 57.8% of the respondents were unlikely to choose psychiatry as a future career, whereas 42.2% considered specializing in psychiatry. Premedical factors that led to statistically significant associations included the portrayal of doctors/nurses in books, television, and social media and a personal/family history of a physical or mental illness. Flexible working, salary/pay, work/life balance, perception of competency, and job satisfaction were the important career aspects in choosing psychiatry.
Conclusion: Most students do not consider psychiatry a future career due to multiple factors. This finding suggests the need to improve educational programs.

Key words: Medical students, psychiatry major, career choice, psychiatry, specialty choice.

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Badirah SB, Shanbari NMA, Aljuaid AS, Alzahrani AA, Alasmari IA, Albarqi FA, Alkhotani AM. Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city. IJMDC. 2023; 7(2): 303-309. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

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Badirah SB, Shanbari NMA, Aljuaid AS, Alzahrani AA, Alasmari IA, Albarqi FA, Alkhotani AM. Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=93275 [Access: March 27, 2024]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

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Badirah SB, Shanbari NMA, Aljuaid AS, Alzahrani AA, Alasmari IA, Albarqi FA, Alkhotani AM. Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city. IJMDC. 2023; 7(2): 303-309. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

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Badirah SB, Shanbari NMA, Aljuaid AS, Alzahrani AA, Alasmari IA, Albarqi FA, Alkhotani AM. Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city. IJMDC. (2023), [cited March 27, 2024]; 7(2): 303-309. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

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Badirah, S. B., Shanbari, . N. M. A., Aljuaid, . A. S., Alzahrani, . A. A., Alasmari, . I. A., Albarqi, . F. A. & Alkhotani, . A. M. (2023) Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city. IJMDC, 7 (2), 303-309. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

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Badirah, Sara Bandar, Nasser Mansur Al Shanbari, Abdulaziz Saad Aljuaid, Anas Atiyah Alzahrani, Ibrahim Ali Alasmari, Fatma Ali Albarqi, and Amar Mohammad Alkhotani. 2023. Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 7 (2), 303-309. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

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Badirah, Sara Bandar, Nasser Mansur Al Shanbari, Abdulaziz Saad Aljuaid, Anas Atiyah Alzahrani, Ibrahim Ali Alasmari, Fatma Ali Albarqi, and Amar Mohammad Alkhotani. "Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 7 (2023), 303-309. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

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Badirah, S. B., Shanbari, . N. M. A., Aljuaid, . A. S., Alzahrani, . A. A., Alasmari, . I. A., Albarqi, . F. A. & Alkhotani, . A. M. (2023) Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and factors associated with choosing psychiatry as a career among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah city. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 7 (2), 303-309. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670529405

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