The influence of internship training experience on Kenyan and Ugandan doctors' career intentions and decisions: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical internship is a key period for doctors' individual career planning and also a transition period for the broader labour market.

Objectives

We aimed to understand the complex set of factors influencing the career intentions and decisions of junior doctors, post-internship in Kenya and Uganda.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 54 junior medical officers and 14 consultants to understand doctors' internship experiences and subsequent employment experiences. We analysed the data using a mix of a direct content approach, informed by an internship experience and career intentions framework developed primarily from high-income country literature, alongside a more inductive thematic analysis.

Results

Echoing the internship experience

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10653699 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature