Equal access for all? Access to medical information for European psychiatric trainees.
João Gama Marques, Maja Pantovic Stefanovic, Marija Mitkovic-Voncina, Florian Riese, Sinan Guloksuz, Kevin Holmes, Ozge Kilic, Visnja Banjac, Claudia Palumbo, Alexander Nawka, Sameer Jauhar, Olivier Andlauer, Dzmitry Krupchanka, Mariana Pinto da Costa
Author Information
João Gama Marques: Júlio de Matos Hospital, Lisbon's Psychiatric Hospital Center, Portugal; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium; University Clinic of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: joaogamamarques@gmail.com.
Maja Pantovic Stefanovic: Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Marija Mitkovic-Voncina: Institute of Mental Health, Belgrade, Serbia; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium; Belgrade University School of Medicine, Serbia.
Florian Riese: Psychiatric University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Sinan Guloksuz: Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States of America; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium; Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Kevin Holmes: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Ozge Kilic: Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Visnja Banjac: Clinic of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska, Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Claudia Palumbo: University of Bari, Bari, Italy; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Alexander Nawka: Institute of Neuropsychiatric Care, Prague, Czech Republic; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Sameer Jauhar: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, United Kingdom; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Olivier Andlauer: Laboratoires de Neurosciences, University of Franche-Comte, Besancon, France; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Dzmitry Krupchanka: Department of Psychiatry, Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Minsk, Belarus; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Mariana Pinto da Costa: Psychiatry Department, Magalhães Lemos Hospital, Oporto, Portugal; Research Group, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, Belgium.
Access to medical information is important as lifelong scientific learning is in close relation with a better career satisfaction in psychiatry. This survey aimed to investigate how medical information sources are being used among members of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees. Eighty-three psychiatric trainees completed our questionnaire. A significant variation was found, and information availability levels were associated with training duration and average income. The most available sources were books and websites, but the most preferred ones were scientific journals. Our findings suggest that further steps should be taken to provide an equal access to medical information across Europe.
