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- Title
Flying solo in Myanmar: case study on challenges and important lessons learned by an early career psychiatrist in a district setting.
- Authors
Yadanar, Su Myat; Htoo, Nay Chi; Zaw, Thant; Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping; Chua, Sze Hung; Loo, Jiann Lin
- Abstract
The transition from trainee early career psychiatrist (ECP) to independent practitioner can be challenging. Upon completion of training in well-equipped academic settings, an ECP from Myanmar is required to serve in a divisional hospital for at least 3 years. Significant challenges are faced by ECPs practising solo in divisional hospitals, including inexperience in administrative aspects, lack of future-proof training, scarcity of resources and facilities, struggles in the provision of holistic biopsychosocial treatment, work–life imbalance, and limited career advancement and access to continuous training. The solutions tried thus far include the incorporation of information and communication technology in training, gathering support and distant supervision from both local and international settings, and task shifting. Bigger challenges are often rewarded by faster growth, and difficult times stimulate creative solutions. The sacrifice of these solo ECPs has significantly improved the mental health service of Myanmar district regions.
- Subjects
MYANMAR; MENTAL health services; CAREER development; PSYCHIATRISTS; INFORMATION &; communication technologies; MENTAL health personnel
- Publication
BJPsych International, 2021, Vol 18, Issue 2, p37
- ISSN
2056-4740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1192/bji.2020.36