title: Can we still stop the migration of physicians from Austria? : An evaluation of clinical internships by students of the Medical University of Vienna.
abstract: The increasing emigration of graduates of the Medical University of Vienna presents a serious problem. This study examined students' evaluation of clinical rotations, their self-rated performance, and where they felt the most deficits exist. Medical students answered an online questionnaire surveying the following aspects: an evaluation of their internship; supervision; integration in the team and improvement of field-specific knowledge; the qualities of taking a patient's medical history by empathy; patient-centeredness; structure; target orientation; and the ability to integrate field-specific knowledge into anamnesis. The data collected indicate that rotations in Austria, especially in Vienna, were evaluated significantly worse than those abroad. Particularly the lack of supervision and integration in the team were criticized. These data stress a dire need for the reform of curricular structures during clinical rotation in the latter years of medical education.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seitz
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychoanalyse und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Bela R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychoanalyse und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. henriette.loeffler-stastka@meduniwien.ac.at.
authors.forename: Henriette
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Löffler-Stastka
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001317:Austria; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Anamnesis; Lack of physicians; Medical University of Vienna; Medical internship; Medical students