Psychiatric brain gain in Switzerland. Competency-based onboarding
D. Gurrea Salas, R. F. Palma Álvarez

TL;DR
Switzerland needs better onboarding for foreign psychiatric trainees to help them integrate into the local healthcare system and meet professional standards.
Contribution
The study highlights the need for a structured onboarding program inspired by the Spanish system for psychiatric trainees in Switzerland.
Findings
A 62.5% response rate revealed that trainees seek better education and professional development in Switzerland.
Language support and interprofessional communication were identified as key advantages of prior internships.
Adapting the Spanish trainee system could improve integration for foreign psychiatric trainees in Switzerland.
Abstract
In the last 30 years, Switzerland has been established as a destination country for psychiatric trainees. The needed competences for the work as a trainee deviate regarding colleagues from foreign countries though, hindering a viable solid development professional without specific on-boarding program. A similar approach to the figure of tutor anchored in the Spanish postgraduate medical training is still missing in the Swiss medical System. Hereby we performed a survey in the new colleagues who are part from the medical team in an observer status before beginning with the responsibilities as a trainee. Recognizing competences and needs of the onboarding in current trainees that are still allocating because of the work conditions as stated in the following paper, (Bischof et al. Swiss Arch Neurol Psychiatr Psychother. 2021;172:w03198) Survey with open questions collecting needs and…
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Taxonomy
TopicsPsychiatric care and mental health services · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Child and Adolescent Health
