Nearly all of these teachers have even fewer qualifications than interns, yet none of them has been fired.
Residents scored significantly higher than interns (p=0.0003), but no difference was found between residents and consultants (p=0.82).
For example, advanced trainees specialising in oncology are likely to see substantially more cancer patients than interns or registrars that rotate across more diverse areas of medicine.
Early discontinuation of extended PEP was often due toGI side effects of AZT. Ward attendants andsweepers more often discontinued PEP than interns or residents.
Indeed, among the users of UpToDate, residents used it more frequently than interns (median 3.0 times per week [IQR 2.0 5.3 times] versus 1.5 times [IQR 1.0 3.5 times], p = 0.004, Mann-Whitney U test).
First, only 41.5% of errors were recognised, and while fellows performed statistically significantly better than interns or residents, their overall performance was still below what most would consider acceptable (47%).
Our survey found that residents estimated their competence to teach above the midpoint of the scale (more than 60% of them in the 8 to 10 range, where 10 is very competent), and that these self-reported competencies were lower for teaching residents than interns, which were also lower than their competence to teach medical students and nurses.
In fact, in a particularly renowned UN programme, the highest paid local employee receives less than the international intern.
Last year, for instance, Google received more than 5,000 applications for fewer than 1,000 summer intern slots in the United States.
