[
    {
        "id": "osp-10503",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Factors Influencing Interns’ Satisfaction with the Internship Training Programme Offered at Saudi Medical Schools",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al Kuwaiti",
                "given": "Ahmed"
            },
            {
                "family": "Subbarayalu",
                "given": "Arun V."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/factors-influencing-interns-satisfaction-with-the-internship-training-programme-offered-at-saudi-medical-schools",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "20",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "e209-215",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2020.20.02.012",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to assess the perceptions of medical interns with regards to the internship training programme offered at Saudi medical schools and to explore factors influencing their overall satisfaction with this progamme. Methods: This exploratory study was conducted at four medical schools in Saudi Arabia between July 2017 and June 2018. All medical interns undergoing internship training at the selected medical schools during the 2017–2018 academic year were invited to participate in the survey. A questionnaire covering 10 internship dimensions and including a total of 76 items and one global item was designed to assess the medical interns’ satisfaction with the training programme. Results: A total of 295 interns returned completed questionnaires (response rate: 92%). Overall, the interns’ satisfaction with all 10 internship dimensions was high (mean score: ≥3.6). A multiple regression analysis indicated that various factors were significant predictors of medical interns’ overall satisfaction with the internship training programme, including orientation, training site services, supervision, relationships with their superiors and hospital activities (P"
    }
]