Motivations and Limitations of Pursuing a Career in Psychiatry: A Cross-Sectional Study from the United Arab Emirates

Table 2

Participants’ reasons for choosing psychiatry as a career.

Participants’ reasons for choosing psychiatry as a career, (100%)
1. A specialty I liked/enjoyed as a student	16 (29.63%)
2. A specialty I liked as an intern	12 (22.22%)
3. High-income specialty	3 (5.55%)
4. Low physical demand specialty	6 (11.11%)
5. Low-risk specialty (risk to self)	1 (1.85%)
6. Easy specialty (content-wise)	0 (0%)
7. Rare specialty	2 (3.70%)
8. Nationally needed specialty (high demand)	10 (18.53%)
9. High human interaction specialty	4 (7.41%)