[Do the interns receive the supervision they are supposed to get?].

The Norwegian preregistration internship consists of 12 months duty as a house officer in hospitals (6 months in a surgical and 6 in a medical department) followed by 6 months in general practice. The survey assesses to what extent the intended information, supervision, feedback and internal evaluation assessment are offered the house officers during their hospital internship. A questionnaire was sent to all preregistration house officers who had recently finished their hospital duty, of whom 104 (78%) out of 133 responded. Half of the "medical" and 65% of the "surgical" house officers reported that they received no introductory information nor supervision before attending hospital duties. Two thirds did not participate in an educational programme and 80% did not receive systematic feedback on their work. Most house officers received no evaluation of their work at all. Specific interventions are needed to ensure high quality clinical training of the preregistration house officers.