Residents’ Corner: Is psychiatric residency popular?

Psychiatry – with its unique satisfaction in restoring the human element – is the most-rewarding and exciting of all the medical specialties. However, match data suggest that graduating medical students do not share this sentiment. Economic viability, scientific advancement, and better recruitment are needed to improve its popularity. Perhaps one day, psychiatry applicants will sweat alongside the orthopaedic hopefuls.

Dr. Andrews is a 4th-year resident in the Johns Hopkins University department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in Baltimore. He attended Duke University in Durham, N.C., for his undergraduate studies, and the University at Buffalo-SUNY School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Check out his website at neurotransmitting.com.