An exploratory study to understand student to internship transition

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An exploratory study to understand student to
internship transition
Dr Allison Turnock and Dr Kwang Chien Yee Royal
Hobart Hospital and University of Tasmania
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Description of research

• Medical student ? intern transition program
• Semi-structured questions through email
• Analysis Grounded theory

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Barriers

• Lack of Confidence
• gave me the basics so I didnt kill anyone
• helped me become familiar with common problems
  on the ward so they werent so daunting when I
  came across them

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Barriers

• Lack of Belonging
• tagging along for rounds and clinics
• dealing with difficult senior doctors, which
  does happen quite a bit unfortunately

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Barriers

• Information Overload
• not irrelevant stuff
• elite information not particularly suited to
  junior training

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Barriers

• Learning to be an intern is very different from
  learning for exams.

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Summary of barriers

• Perception of barriers versus reality, isolation
  within the group
• Information sharing, do we belong here?
• Abrupt transition for our role and education

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Challenges/Rewards

• Independence
• opportunity to think of the problem, devise
  solutions and practical applications ourselves
• proved we can think it through and have the
  required background knowledge

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Transition

• fine. Loved it!
• couldve been worse
• not as bad as I thought it would be
• Scary

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Summary of positives

• Rewarding and challenging
• Encouragement and recognition for their roles
• Socio-cultural aspects

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Transition Programs should NOT be

• Information overload
• Didactic
• Threatening
• Formal
• Large groups

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Transition Programs should be

• Case-based
• Succinct
• Relevant- knowledge and practical application
• Small groups
• Open/non-threatening
• Interactive
• Inclusive

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Questions and contacts

• Dr. Allison Turnock
• Email allison.turnock_at_gmail.com
• Dr. Kwang Chien Yee
• Email kcyee888_at_gmail.com

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Survey

• Did you attend?
• Did you find the tutorials useful?
• Why and how were they useful to you then?
• Why and how are they useful to you now?
• How did you find the tutorial content?
• Were they at a level appropriate to training?
• What do you think about the delivery method?
• How could the tutorials be improved?
• Do you feel the tutorials made a difference to
  your work in your intern year? How?
• What do you like about the tutorials?
• What do you dislike about the tutorials?
• How did these tutorials compare to the remainder
  of 6th year teaching?
• Do you think the tutorials assist your transition
  to internship? How?
• How did you find your transition to internship?
• How do you think that the undergraduate program
  can help with transition?