Inspiring Careers in Mental Health: Piloting a Pipeline Program for Underserved High School Students.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Academic Psychiatry Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI:10.1007/s40596-024-02057-8

Max Brenner, Amy Schmidt-Brenner

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Abstract

Objective: Given mental health workforce shortages, academic psychiatry departments have a compelling interest in developing pipeline programs. This article examines a pilot program for high school students within an academic psychiatry department, assessing whether it successfully informs students about mental health career options and increases their interest in them.

Methods: The authors recruited all program participants in 2022 and 2023 during data collection. The program served as an intervention, teaching participants about mental health career options, clinical practice, and client experiences via presentations from psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. Participants completed a pretest at the start of the two-week program and a posttest at the end. On both the pretest and posttest, participants rated their agreement with 22 statements relating to mental health career knowledge, attitudes, and interest. The authors analyzed the data using dependent means t tests.

Results: The program increased participants' knowledge of the roles and paths to pursuing different mental health careers. It also increased participants' belief that they could pursue a mental health career. The program improved some but not all measured attitudes toward mental health and mental health careers. In 2023, the program increased participants' likelihood of pursuing a mental health career.

Conclusions: A pipeline program for underserved high school students delivered by an academic psychiatry department is feasible, and it was effective in changing attitudes and increasing the likelihood of pursuing a mental health career.

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激励心理健康职业：为未得到充分服务的高中生试行一项管道计划。

目的：考虑到心理健康人才的短缺，精神病学学术部门有必要制定输送计划。本文研究了一个精神病学学术部门针对高中生开展的试点项目，评估该项目是否成功地让学生了解了心理健康职业的选择，并提高了他们对这些选择的兴趣：在数据收集期间，作者于 2022 年和 2023 年招募了所有项目参与者。该项目作为一项干预措施，通过精神科医生和其他心理健康专业人士的介绍，向参与者传授有关心理健康职业选择、临床实践和客户经验的知识。参与者在为期两周的课程开始时完成一次前测，在课程结束时完成一次后测。在前测和后测中，参与者对与心理健康职业知识、态度和兴趣有关的 22 项陈述的同意程度进行评分。作者使用因变量 t 检验对数据进行了分析：结果：该计划增加了参与者对不同心理健康职业的角色和追求途径的了解。该计划还增强了参与者从事心理健康职业的信念。该计划改善了一些人对心理健康和心理健康职业的态度，但不是所有的态度。2023 年，该计划提高了参与者从事心理健康职业的可能性：由精神病学学术部门为未得到充分服务的高中生提供的管道项目是可行的，它能有效地改变学生的态度，并提高他们从事心理健康职业的可能性。

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Academic Psychiatry Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Academic Psychiatry is the international journal of the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, Association for Academic Psychiatry, and Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry publishes original, scholarly work in psychiatry and the behavioral sciences that focuses on innovative education, academic leadership, and advocacy. The scope of the journal includes work that furthers knowledge and stimulates evidence-based advances in academic psychiatry in the following domains: education and training, leadership and administration, career and professional development, ethics and professionalism, and health and well-being.