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The Transitional Year Internship: Five Classes Of Former Interns Reflect On Their First Clinical Year, Hana L. Haver, Kush K. Patel, Robert Chow
The Transitional Year Internship: Five Classes Of Former Interns Reflect On Their First Clinical Year, Hana L. Haver, Kush K. Patel, Robert Chow
Advances in Clinical Medical Research and Healthcare Delivery
Objective:
The clinical internship (postgraduate year-1), which precedes many advanced residency training programs, are traditionally fulfilled by a transitional year (TY) or preliminary year of training in medicine or surgery. TY programs can take place in a variety of settings, ranging from community hospitals to large academic medical centers. In the present study, we sought to evaluate if resident physicians who completed a community hospital-based TY internship felt prepared for their subsequent specialty residency training.
Methods:
A cross-sectional survey was adapted and distributed to resident physicians who completed their TY internship at a university-affiliated community hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, between …