{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhao Y"],"funding":["Economic and Social Research Council","National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust","University of Oxford Clarendon Fund Scholarship","National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)","European Union NextGenerationEU","Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["2272390"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10653699"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Medical internship is a key period for doctors' individual career planning and also a transition period for the broader labour market.<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to understand the complex set of factors influencing the career intentions and decisions of junior doctors, post-internship in Kenya and Uganda.<h4>Methods</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>Echoing the internship experience"],"journal":["Global health action"],"pubmed_title":["The influence of internship training experience on Kenyan and Ugandan doctors' career intentions and decisions: a qualitative study."],"pmcid":["PMC10653699"],"funding_grant_id":["#207522","ES/T008415/1","207522"],"pubmed_authors":["English M","Tweheyo R","Molyneux S","Gathara D","Rutebemberwa E","Blacklock C","Okello TR","Ankomisyani DS","Nicodemo C","Zhao Y","Mbuthia D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The influence of internship training experience on Kenyan and Ugandan doctors' career intentions and decisions: a qualitative study.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Medical internship is a key period for doctors' individual career planning and also a transition period for the broader labour market.<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to understand the complex set of factors influencing the career intentions and decisions of junior doctors, post-internship in Kenya and Uganda.<h4>Methods</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>Echoing the internship experience","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Dec","modification":"2026-06-03T15:05:32.178Z","creation":"2025-04-06T15:57:33.505Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10653699","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37942513"],"doi":["10.1080/16549716.2023.2272390"]}}