Intern orientation: the amazing case race.

摘要

Context and setting New medical graduates in Victoria (Australia) commence their intern year in mid-January with a 3-5 day orientation programme in their parent hospital. Orientation programmes usually comprise overly thorough didactic presentations on clinical and administrative topics given by senior staff. The only interactive components involve procedural skills teaching and hospital tours. Why the idea was necessary In 2005 we surveyed our hospital's interns on their (self-reported) ability to perform several procedural, clinical management and administrative tasks before and after their first rotation. This showed a pre/post 59% improvement in managing administrative tasks (from a low base) compared with a 2% improvement in procedural skills (from a high base). Mid-year evaluation of our 2005 orientation showed that interns remembered only the interactive components.