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Internship Orientation: An Essential Facilitatory Bridging Step for Medical Students
| العنوان: | Internship Orientation: An Essential Facilitatory Bridging Step for Medical Students |
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| المؤلفون: | Rajesh Kathrotia, Farhanul Huda, Shalinee Rao, Anupama Bahadur, Ravi Kant, Manisha Naithani |
| المصدر: | Avicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 02, Pp 77-83 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | internship orientation program, medical interns, skills, transition, Medicine |
| الوصف: | Background: Internship is a facilitatory period that hones skills and helps in the evolution of a qualified medical student to a competent doctor. The feeling of a final year student joining as a fresh intern after successfully completing the final professional examination will be directionless without a bridging initiative through a buffer program. Fresh interns need to be oriented to the fundamentals of working effectively with a patient as a whole and not as a separate discipline. This study was done to evaluate the effectiveness of the internship orientation program and to assess the feedback of participants about this program. Methodology: This was a study conducted on 235 freshly joined medical interns. The process included evaluation of a well-structured seven-day orientation program by prevalidated structured Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and feedback. Results: All interns performed satisfactorily in the post-test with a mean score of 74.13 ± 7.18. Post-test scores were highest for procedure skills and communication skills, including medical ethics. Overall, 232 (99%) of interns responded that the program was useful and it successfully enhanced their clinical skills; 221 (94%) of interns expressed that the content of the program was excellent to good; and 228 (97%) of interns felt that the method used for training was appropriate. Interns also documented that there were a few new skills that were acquired by attending this program. Conclusion: There is an unmet need for an internship orientation program across all medical colleges to lay a strong foundation for naive interns. Based on the results, we recommend an internship orientation program for a smooth and swift transition from that of a medical student to professional life. It will orient the interns and lay the foundation for the next level of assignment in building their professional career. Key Messages: Internship orientation programs are recommended for a smooth and swift transition from that of a medical student to professional life. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2231-0770 2249-4464 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770; https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ajm.ajm_202_20 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/417da5fd3ab54d9c986dc41c9c9fa5d4 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.417da5fd3ab54d9c986dc41c9c9fa5d4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 22310770 22494464 |
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| DOI: | 10.4103/ajm.ajm_202_20 |