Iread the article “The Class of 1989 and post-MD training”(CMAJ 1998; 158 [6]: 731-7), by
Eva Ryten and colleagues, with interest but was surprised that one point was not made more …

Iwas surprised by Pat Rich's recent article about support for changes to postgraduate
medical education in Canada, 1 as discussed at the CMA's annual general meeting in …

I read with interest this CMAJ article which advocates rotating internship for Canadian
medical graduates.< 1> I did rotating internship in the United Kingdom (called “Foundation …

Perspectives the various professions, and more time to make an informed decision. This
could also help reduce the number of residents who quickly realize that their chosen career …

was it a job, or was it an internship? I was born in 1981, and I have a theory (otherwise
known as a" hot take") that I am a part of a microgeneration, sandwiched between the Xers …

plight of the post-1989 medical school graduates who have been charting their careers in
the midst of a tangle of changing regulations. This transition period put a virtual stop to the …

This year the mandatory internship scheme for Norwegian doctors celebrates its 50th
anniversary. Internships were instituted by a Decree in Council in 1954 and implemented …

Faced with an ever changing and rapidly expanding body of medical knowledge, today's
family physicians must regard their education as a lifelong process. After completing …

while a full-time internship is currently beyond the scope of my own minor, Sides and Mrvica
provide much practical advice that my program might use to continue developing the …

I feel great sadness for the new medical graduates described in the sidebar" New medical
graduates will face tough fight for residencies, MD predicts"(Can Med Assoc J 1992; 147 …