Are Polish doctors ready to start working right after graduation? The 2023 modification to physicians’ postgraduate internship and possible paths forward

IF 3.6 3区医学 Q1 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Health Policy Pub Date : 2024-05-18 DOI:10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105083

Robert Kupis , Alicja Domagała

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Abstract

The Polish healthcare system faces many problems, among which the shortage of healthcare professionals is one of the most urgent. In less than ten years, more than twenty Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been allowed to add medical programmes to their offer, aiming to increase the number of doctors in Poland. Recently, the healthcare system was faced with a proposal to abolish the mandatory postgraduate internship which has been a mandatory component of medical training for years.

Two main reforms were considered. The first one focused on the programme of the internship and aimed to update it. The second one recommended an abolition of the internship. The authors of this article analysed the opinions and positions of key players within the system regarding the postgraduate internship.

Opinions in this regard are diverse, leading to the conclusion that additional actions would be required prior to the internship abolition. Undergraduate training has changed and currently students are taught in modern facilities, using new teaching methods. On the other hand, internship allows trainees to improve or even acquire skills they may not have obtained during their studies. The postgraduate internship is an essential part of doctors’ training. However, in Poland, there is still a lack of a well-thought, long-term policy or strategy for physicians' workforce development. Our study presents a Polish perspective on common challenges in medical training and workforce policy, highlighting the clash over the growing demand for physicians and the limitations of the existing system.

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波兰医生准备好在毕业后立即开始工作了吗？2023 年对医生研究生实习的修改和可能的未来之路

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Health Policy 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

6.10%

发文量

157

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Health Policy is intended to be a vehicle for the exploration and discussion of health policy and health system issues and is aimed in particular at enhancing communication between health policy and system researchers, legislators, decision-makers and professionals concerned with developing, implementing, and analysing health policy, health systems and health care reforms, primarily in high-income countries outside the U.S.A.