Psychiatry as a vocation.

Authors

  • Alberto Perales Cabrera Instituto de Ética en Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú; Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Alfonso Mendoza Fernández Instituto de Ética en Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú; Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Elard Sánchez Tejada Instituto de Ética en Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú; Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Eric Bravo Basaldúa Instituto de Ética en Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú; Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Lorenzo Barahona Meza Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • William Aguilar Rivera Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v76i2.11144

Keywords:

Psychiatric vocation, medical vocation, medical education.

Abstract

Objective: To describe and delimit the psychiatric vocation process and its associated factors. Design: Transversal, qualitative, descriptive and comparative study of cases. Methodology: Previous informed consent in depth audio-recorded interviews were carried out in two groups selected by criteria of heterogeneity, 45 psychiatrists currently in practice and 61 residents in psychiatry. Results and conclusions: Psychiatric vocation includes several dimensions. It considers the person as an integral being, showing strong interest on the psychological part of the patient and a need to reduce the suffering caused by mental illness. In the group of psychiatrists, the psychiatric vocation showed itself as more consolidated and genuine. In the group of residents, psychiatric vocation appeared as a weak and in some cases inexistent process. Several residents chose psychiatry as a career on account of personal convenience because they did not reach vacancy in their preferred specialty.

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Published

2015-06-15

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Vol. 76 No. 2 (2015)

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Artículo Original

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Copyright (c) 2015 Alberto Perales Cabrera, Alfonso Mendoza Fernández, Elard Sánchez Tejada, Eric Bravo Basaldúa, Lorenzo Barahona Meza, William Aguilar Rivera

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Perales Cabrera A, Mendoza Fernández A, Sánchez Tejada E, Bravo Basaldúa E, Barahona Meza L, Aguilar Rivera W. Psychiatry as a vocation. An Fac med [Internet]. 2015 Jun. 15 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];76(2):167-79. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/11144