Internship training adequately prepares South African medical graduates for community service - with exceptions.

Internship and community service require revision.

The state of South African internships: A national survey against HPCSA guidelines.

BACKGROUND Medical internship is designed to bridge the gap between the theoretical knowledge learned as a student and the skills required as a competent medical practitioner. In South Africa (SA) it is a 2-year structured programme incorporating experience in key domains of medicine selected by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). HPCSA guidelines state that the clinical exp...

Successful implementation of new osteopathic graduate medical education programs in a community hospital: challenges and lessons learned.

Development of new osteopathic graduate medical education (OGME) programs has emerged as a priority for the osteopathic medical profession. As colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs) expand class sizes and branch campuses, and as new COMs are launched, availability of sufficient internship, residency, and fellowship positions for future COM graduates will become a challenge. Because of constrai...

Where have all the doctors gone? Career choices of Wits medical graduates.

OBJECTIVES To assess the distribution of University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) medical graduates from 1960 to 1994 with regard to private or public sector work, chosen specialist or generalist careers, and work in urban or rural areas, looking for secular trends and gender differences. DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis of the register of what was then the South African Medical and Dental Cou...

Factors driving James Cook University Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery graduates' choice of internship location and beyond.

OBJECTIVE To identify the main reason James Cook University (JCU) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery graduates chose their internship location and first four practice relocations. DESIGN & PARTICIPANTS This cross-sectional study invited 261 JCU medical graduates to participate in an email or telephone survey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Graduates' main reason for choosing internship locati...