Labay y Matías M, Buñuel Alvarez J C, Rubio Montañés M L, Martín Calama Valero J, Guerrero Omeñaca M L, Olmedillas Alvaro M J
Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital General Obispo Polanco, Teruel.
Aten Primaria. 1992 Nov 1;10(7):880-2.
To find out the opinions of Family and Community medicine interns concerning various aspects of their teaching during their period of hospital training.
Crossover study. SITE. Within hospitals.
Family and Community Medicine residential interns in Spanish hospitals.
Out of the questionnaires returned by mail, 78.4% thought that their hospital training was adequate; 83.6% believed they were well enough trained to practise professionally; 76% considered that their hospital's technical equipment had been useful for their training; 66% felt they had sufficient back-up from the staff; 60% contributed to scientific statements or publications; 59% thought that their centre's library was inadequately equipped; and 45.4% stated that their pay as interns, or in the future as specialists, was too low.
Family and Community Medicine interns' current training is in general satisfactory. Certain aspects, such as stocking libraries, salaries and contributions to scientific reports should be improved.
