The final requirement is a Praktikum, or internship, under the supervision of a prehospital physician, which includes at least 50 ambulance calls [2].
"And I believe my internship supervisor is happy that I have so much work experience, because I need minimal instruction and supervision".
Graduates must complete one year of internship, providing medical assistance under supervision, mainly in hospital settings.
Several cross-institution projects have been initiated, some of which are being implemented through internships (see below) or joint supervision from a distance.
The latter created an excellent opportunity for the trainees to do a clinical internship in child psychiatry under the supervision of an Ethiopian child psychiatry specialist.
Conversely, to increase internship places, more senior doctors capable of supervision are needed – a niche that overseas medical professionals could perhaps fill [ 6].
For the child psychiatry second year clinical experience, a clinical internship was designed where the trainees under supervision had to assess and manage children coming to the psychiatric outpatient clinic.
Internships are great places for learning under supervision and getting hands-on experience, as well as making connections with potential colleagues and clients.
Throughout the world, new medical graduates are required to undergo internship, a period of medical apprenticeship under the supervision of clinical consultants.
We also thank Daniel H. Chisholm for his input on key considerations for the development of the tool and our discussions about the initial criteria list, Cecilia Sepulveda who provided supervision in the context of WHO internship programme and Rob Baltussen, who provided overall supervision in the design and coordination of the study.
