The influence of internship training experience on Kenyan and Ugandan doctors' career intentions and decisions: a qualitative study by Zhao, Y, Mbuthia, D, Ankomisyani, DS, Blacklock, C, Gathara, D, Molyneux, S, Nicodemo, C, Okello, TR, Rutebemberwa, E, Tweheyo, R, English, M

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong>&nbsp;Medical internship is a key period for doctors&rsquo; individual career planning and also a transition period for the broader labour market.…”

How do foundation year and internship experience shape doctors' career intentions and decisions? A meta-ethnography by Zhao, Y, Mbuthia, D, Blacklock, C, Gathara, D, Nicodemo, C, Molyneux, S, English, M

“…<p><strong>Purpose:</strong>&nbsp;Foundation years or internships are an important period for junior doctors to apply their knowledge and gain clinical competency. …”

'We were treated like we are nobody': a mixed-methods study of medical doctors' internship experiences in Kenya and Uganda by Zhao, Y, Mbuthia, D, Gathara, D, Nzinga, J, Tweheyo, R, English, M

“…<p><strong>Objective:</strong>&nbsp;Medical interns are an important workforce providing first-line healthcare services in hospitals. The internship year is important for doctors as they transition from theoretical learning with minimal hands-on work under supervision to clinical practice roles with considerable responsibility. …”

Examining the absorption of post-internship medical officers into the public sector at county-level in devolved Kenya: a qualitative case study by Zhao, Y, Mbuthia, D, Munywoki, J, Gathara, D, Nicodemo, C, Nzinga, J, English, M

“…We aimed to examine how post-internship MOs are absorbed into the public sector at the county-level, as part of a broader project focusing on Kenya’s human resources for health. …”

Development and validation of a new measurement instrument to assess internship experience of medical doctors in low-income and middle-income countries by Zhao, Y, Jalloh, S, Lam, PK, Kwarshak, YK, Mbuthia, D, Misago, N, Namedre, M, Phương, NTB, Qaloewa, S, Summers, R, Tang, K, Tweheyo, R, Wills, B, Zhang, F, Nicodemo, C, Gathara, D, English, M

“…We describe our process developing and validating a 'medical internship experience scale' to address this gap, work involving nine LMICs that varied in geographical locations, income-level and internship training models. …”