... for disadvantaged aspiring psychological professionals”. A local NHS Trust successfully bid for this funding and focussed on employing assistant psychologists (APs). This study aims to evaluate these paid posts and consider how future recruitment to, and provision of, AP roles could be improved to encourage...

...Alexander Challinor; Jonathon Whyler Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and critically evaluate UK psychiatry national recruitment process for 2021, which was re-structured following the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, this paper aims to review the empirical evidence of the selection...

... medical students can longitudinally improve recruitment into post-graduate psychiatry training. Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at the University of Cambridge (Harris et al., 2009). REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure...

...Kassia Lowe; Fiona Hynes Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address and understand recruitment difficulties into psychiatry; however, to date there is no published research with respect to forensic psychiatry. Forensic psychiatry has always been considered to be a popular specialty amongst...

... student interest in rural mental health work following the vacation school. Originality/value – This study highlights how the transition to a sustainable approach to the delivery of a novel rural mental health workforce recruitment strategy was informed through a three-phase Delphi Study...

... the findings in this study. Originality/value To the authors' knowledge, there is very little published research into what materials medical students use to learn for their psychiatry placement. Psychiatry is facing a recruitment crisis. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 94 per cent...