Research Article
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%) |
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