Abstract
Introduction: Internship is very a critical period of a medical undergraduate education during which student evolves into a doctor. The objectives of this study were to assess the interns at the end of their paediatric postings.
 Materials and Methods. Interns knowledge and skills were assessed at the end of their postings in the must know areas. Assessment was conducted by the trained faculty and interns were given the orientation about it. Method of assessment included OSCE, simulation based using standardized patients and computer-based model driven simulators. Feedback was given to the students immediately at the end of their exam
 Results: Total 202 interns participated in the exam over the period of two years. New-borns assessment was done more frequently (22.7%) and interpretation of investigations was less frequently assessed (7.9%). Rest of other stations was assessed almost at the equal proportion. Highest score was observed in vaccines section (7.5) and lowest score was seen in procedures assessment (5.5).
 Conclusion. Interns were found to be weaker in procedural, communication and clinical scenario judgement skills which will help us in planning future training of the Interns.
Highlights
Internship is very a critical period of a medical undergraduate education during which student evolves into a doctor
Clinical skill assessment exam was started for interns in our Institute of Yenepoya Medical College affiliated to Yenepoya deemed to be University as per the norms of our university from April 2015
Even the faculty were trained for the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) exam through basic medical education workshop and through separate training sessions for simulation lab usage
Summary
Medical internship is the period where students are expected to learn additional skills, recognize emergency situations and enable them to become practice as primary care doctors. There is a gradual decline in the overall competency level of interns[1]. Given the vast diversity of medical institutions in the country offering medical education of variable standards, one common exam national exit exam () is being proposed for undergraduates, which is opined to bring the quality and maintain the standard[2]. Though the guidelines are not very clear yet, the practical component is being planned to conduct after the internship which can significantly change the outlook towards practical learning during internship
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