Table 1 Demographics of interview participants. Core training (CT) describes the first three years of psychiatry training when the trainees rotate between a range of subspecialties before choosing one to specialize in for their final three or four years of specialty training (ST). Only a few trainees complete an ST7 year and these trainees chose to subspecialize in two areas of psychiatry
Variable | n/21 | |
|---|---|---|
Stage of training | Core Training | |
CT1 | 4 | |
CT2 | 3 | |
CT3 | 4 | |
Specialty Training | ||
ST4 | 2 | |
ST5 | 4 | |
ST6 | 2 | |
ST7 | 2 | |
Gender | Male | 10 |
Female | 11 | |
Ethnicity | White British | 12 |
Asian Indian | 4 | |
Asian Pakistani | 1 | |
Chinese | 2 | |
Black African | 1 | |
Other White | 1 | |
Age | 20–30 | 8 |
30–40 | 12 | |
40–50 | 1 | |
Entry to medical school | Undergraduate | 17 |
Graduate | 4 | |