PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 6 December 1980, pp. 1000-1008
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Systematic Study of Four Years of Internship

Robert Adler MD1, Edwenna R. Werner PhD1, and Barbara Korsch MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, and Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles

As part of the continuing effort to study perceived attitudes, stresses, and coping mechanisms of pediatric interns in a hospital-based training program, this paper focuses in depth on how attitudes toward patients and toward the internship experience become more negative in the course of the internship year. Sources of stress and changes in coping mechanisms are documented. There were no significant effects of gender or marital status on interns' attitudes. Gender and marital status were not correlated with performance during the year, and attitudes were not consistently correlated with performance. Discussion of the significance of these findings in pediatric training and suggestions for redirection of pediatric training programs are made.

Submitted on November 7, 1979
Accepted on March 3, 1980




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