The Faculty Advisor on Internship Selection

WITH the increasing concern being displayed by medical educators in the merits of the internship the failure by some to ensure that senior medical students are properly advised concerning the selection of an internship is somewhat anomalous.My experience over the past several years, during which correspondence has been carried on personally with 850 applicants for internship, as well as with an additional 1200 inquiring about internship, has led to certain observations and conclusions. I thought that it would be worthwhile sharing these with medical educators everywhere, particularly those who have the responsibility of counseling medical students about internship selection. . . .