aim: education is a service, which is influenced by the provider. nowadays, there are a lotof challenges in health care systems, which requires a proper preparation to meet them.medical interns are one of the future components of health care system, who should beprepared very well to meet these challenges. we preformed this survey to assess themedical interns’ satisfaction in shahid beheshti un...

background: the imbalance between the public needs and the number of the medical graduates has created problems in recruitment of young physicians who are trained to provide medical and health services in the country. purpose: to assess the attitudes of interns at qazvin university of medical sciences towards their future profession in 2001-2002.   methods: this descriptive study assesses the v...

Near-Peer Teaching is a relatively new and expanding area of medical education. The benefit to medical students has been demonstrated in numerous contexts around the world. Our aim was to establish a structured Intern-Led Teaching (ILT) programme in the context of an Irish Intern Training Network affiliated to an Irish Medical School. We then sought to evaluate the success of this programme. Se...

background: development in students' training management that emphasizes on using objective methods and more faculties' engagement in students evaluation, were motivation for application tools such as flowchart, checklists and rating scales. this study examined the effectiveness of performance rating tables (prts) in evaluation of medical interns in mashhad, iran. methods: internship ...

BACKGROUND The transition from medical student to hospital-based first year junior doctor (termed "intern" in Australia) is known to be challenging, and recent changes in clinical learning environments may reduce graduate preparedness for the intern workplace. Although manageable challenges and transitions are a stimulus to learning, levels of burnout in junior medical colleagues are concerning...

BACKGROUND Assessing the baseline competency of incoming interns is a challenge to faculty of all residency programs. This article describes and evaluates the Intern Clinical Judgment Evaluation, a tool developed to test the clinical judgment and communication skills of incoming interns. METHODS During orientation week, each intern is evaluated using structured clinical scenarios modeled afte...