OBJECTIVES: To evaluate undergraduate medical students’ satisfaction with their last internship rotation of Internship at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). METHODS: Observational and cross-sectional study, developed at the UFPB Medical School, involving interns enrolled under the new medical course curriculum. A pretested questionnaire prepared by the authors was applied. RESULTS: The sample population was of 124 students (91.2% of the total number of interns). The average percentage of satisfied students was 49.6%, inversely correlated to the number of rotations already attended. The highest degree of satisfaction was observed in the Family Medicine rotation (76%), and the lowest in the Internal Medicine rotation (23.1%), when all aspects were evaluated. Other findings included: a lack of preceptors in associated hospitals, excessive administrative activities, conflicting relationship with residents, insufficient practice and focus on very specific problems. CONCLUSION: The study demonstrated that UFPB medical students’ satisfaction with the internship program was low. The Internal Medicine rotation reported the lowest percentage in all aspects evaluated, while the Family Medicine rotation reported the highest. Furthermore, it was found that the Internship regulations were not being upheld adequately.
Internship and Residency; Curriculum; Medical Education
