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Editorial

. 2023 Nov 27;86(1):25-27.

doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000001559. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Not a real doctor: how public impressions discourage medical students from considering psychiatry as a career - a commentary

Bashaer Elawfi^{1

2}, Aya Al Mawla^{1

3}, Alaa Ramadan^{1

4}, Khaled Abdallah^{1

5}, Rana Jaffal^{1

6}

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Negida Academy LLC, Arlintgton, Massachusetts, USA.
² Faculty of Medicine, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen.
³ Faculty of Medicine , University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Hashemite University, Jordan, Jordan.

PMID: 38222687
PMCID: PMC10783422
DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000001559

Editorial

Not a real doctor: how public impressions discourage medical students from considering psychiatry as a career - a commentary

Bashaer Elawfi et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2023.

. 2023 Nov 27;86(1):25-27.

doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000001559. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Bashaer Elawfi^{1

2}, Aya Al Mawla^{1

3}, Alaa Ramadan^{1

4}, Khaled Abdallah^{1

5}, Rana Jaffal^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Negida Academy LLC, Arlintgton, Massachusetts, USA.
² Faculty of Medicine, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen.
³ Faculty of Medicine , University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Hashemite University, Jordan, Jordan.

PMID: 38222687
PMCID: PMC10783422
DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000001559

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Conflict of interest statement

No conflicts of interest to declare.Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article.

Figures

Figure 1
The number of psychiatrists per 100 000 population in the Arab world. source: Okasha et al. 2012.

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