Medical interns in district health services: an evaluation of the new family medicine rotation in the Western Cape of South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2021, South Africa introduced a 6-month internship rotation in family medicine, in the second year of a 2-year internship programme for newly qualified doctors. This was a major change from the previous 3-months training in family medicine, and expanded the training platform to smaller district hospitals and primary health care (PHC) facilities, many of which had never had interns. The medical disciplines in South Africa needed to know if this change in the internship programme was worthwhile and successful. The aim of this study was to assess the new family medicine rotation for medical interns at district health facilities in the Western Cape Province.

Methods

Descriptive exploratory qualitative research included six intern programmes across the province. Pur

SUBMITTER: Hutton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478251 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature