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Recruitment into psychiatric training – positive change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Wendy Burn ,
Sue Bailey  and
Tom Brown
Wendy Burn
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK, email: wendy.burn@nhs.net
Sue Bailey
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK
Tom Brown
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK
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The Psychiatrist , Volume 37 , Issue 8 , August 2013 , pp. 277
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We welcome Mukherjee et al’s article, Reference Mukherjee, Maier and Wessely1 with its thoughtful analysis of the reasons for recruitment problems and suggestions for some helpful solutions.

We are happy to report that the most recent recruitment figures show a great improvement. For 2013, we achieved a 95% fill rate of CT1 (first year of core training) in England with a 19% increase in actual numbers of trainees. There are also reports from those involved in recruitment of higher-quality applicants; 70% of those appointed are British graduates.

We believe this change is due to the success of the College’s recruitment campaign, which has included initiatives to engage medical students, an increase in foundation posts, summer schools and taster sessions. It is essential that we continue with these activities to attract trainees to our specialty.

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1 Mukherjee, K, Maier, M, Wessely, S. UK crisis in recruitment into psychiatric training. Psychiatrist 2013; 37: 210–4.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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