Effectiveness of a rural longitudinal integrated clerkship in preparing medical students for internship.

Background: We interviewed graduates from the first two cohorts of a postgraduate medical program that had a senior year longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) in a practice setting in rural New South Wales, Australia to determine how well their training prepared them to be junior doctors (3-4 years after graduation), and what aspects of that training they thought were particularly useful.

Methods: In-depth interviews.

Results: Fourteen junior doctors were interviewed.