Internship Experience in Orthopaedics and Traumatology and its Impact on Becoming a Specialist.

Introduction: The German practical year is the last clinical placement period during Medical School. However, it remains unclear how medical students evaluate the practical year in orthopaedics and traumatology (Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie; O & U) and whether it has an impact on becoming an O & U specialist.

Method: We analysed data of 146 medical students (46,7% female) who completed the placement in O & U.