Table 2 Summary of training programmes, trainees and available staff in the health system
Number of programmes | Program in Capital city (%) | Public program (%) | Entrants 2021 | Student enrolled (First semester 2021) | Student enrolled (Second semester 2021) | Mental health staff available (2021) | Mental health staff available (2022) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Undergraduate Programmes | ||||||||
Medicine | 48 | 35 | 42 | 14 325 | 46 896 | 46 381 | 40 757 | 29 318 |
Psychology | 81 | 46 | 10 | 32 171 | 78 781 | 81 028 | 5368 | 5302 |
Nursing | 70 | 31 | 46 | 16 308 | 32 968 | 34 590 | 47 509 | 46 961 |
Social work | 11 | 27 | 82 | 792 | 3658 | 3440 | 2090 | 2090 |
Medical Technology* | 4 | 100 | 50 | 37 | 189 | 202 | 316 | 415 |
Second Specialty program | ||||||||
Psychiatry | 11 | 55 | 36 | – | 67 | 52 | 454 | 386 |
Community Family Medicine | 20 | 40 | 45 | – | 123 | 43 | 418 | 362 |
Child and adolescent psychiatry | 5 | 100 | 40 | – | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 |
Second speciality in addiction psychiatry | 2 | 100 | 50 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Second speciality in mental health nursing | 8 | 50 | 75 | – | 123 | 155 | 264 | 278 |
Second speciality in public health | 8 | 50 | 75 | – | 100 | 94 | 483 | 494 |
Systematic psychotherapy or other | 3 | 33 | 33 | – | 21 | 1 | 39 | 51 |
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy | 1 | 100 | 100 | – | 95 | 0 | 32 | 45 |
Speech therapy | 4 | 50 | 0 | – | 53 | 70 | 15 | 16 |