How do foundation year and internship experience shape doctors' career intentions and decisions? A meta-ethnography.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Foundation years or internships are an important period for junior doctors to apply their knowledge and gain clinical competency. Experiences gained during the foundation years or internships are likely to inform newly qualified doctors' opinions about how they want to continue their career. We aimed to understand how medical doctors' internship experiences influence their career intention/decision.

Methods

We conducted qualitative evidence synthesis using meta-ethnography. We searched six electronic bibliographic databases for papers published between 2000-2020 and included papers exploring how foundation years or internship experiences shape doctors' career intention/decisions, including in relation to migration, public/private/dual practice preference, rural/urban

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7615548 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature