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as unsupervised doctors (35%), and a small portion mentioned an anticipated payoff in increased salary as one of their motivations (13%).
Most are satisfied
An overwhelming 95% of former interns said they were either very satis- fied (65%) or somewhat satisfied (30%) with their experience. Only one indi- vidual was neutral, and only one was very dissatisfied. The satisfaction regarding an intern-
ship was often linked to the graduate’s rapport with his or her mentors. In general, former interns felt they had seen more cases and valued the learning experience but often com- plained about the long hours and unrea- sonable scheduling. The high degree of satisfaction with their experience as indicated by their
Degree of satisfaction with internship 2.5% 0.0% 2.5%
survey responses may be influencing new waves of graduates who hear posi- tive feedback from alumni friends.
Intriguing mismatch An intriguing aspect of these
responses is the mismatch between those who expressed an interest in pur- suing a residency and those who actu- ally entered a residency program. Almost 9 (87.5%) in 10 postgraduates who had participated in an internship indicated that one of their reasons for choosing to intern was to pursue a residency follow- ing their internship. This implies that many graduates are motivated to par- ticipate in internships with the hope of a specialty career in the future. Only 47.5%, however, of the post- internship clinicians surveyed com- pleted a residency. Further research is needed to under- stand the significance of this finding and determine whether those who have completed their internship are choosing to leave the specialty track or whether the competition for residency programs is forcing them to explore other options.
Financial payback Another primary goal of this survey 30.0% 65.0%
Very satisfied Somewhat satisfied Neutral Somewhat dissatisfied Very dissatisfied
was to understand the financial conse- quences of participating in an internship. Linear regression analyses were per- formed on survey data to compare start- ing salaries of graduates who interned with starting salaries of those who did not.
Starting salaries of respondents were stated as a percentage of the AVMA’s average starting salary for that specific year in order to compare data across multiple years. The analyses show that individu- als who worked as interns had starting
Trends magazine, November/December 2010
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