The First Experience with an Interns’ Retreat at the American University of BeirutMedical Center
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: The objective of this report is to illustrate the importance of a one-day retreat in promoting interns’ wellbeing, friendship, and developing early skills in leadership, time management, planning, teamwork and communication. Material and methods: The medical chief residents and program director planned the activity that took place at the American University of Beirut campus. Twenty-five interns participated in this activity.The retreat included ice-breaking games, four training sessions, listening to the experience of a previous intern, a non-medical jeopardy and basketball games. Results: 93% of survey responders acknowledged that this activity played an important role in strengthening peer-to-peer relationship and also recommended making this activity a yearly tradition. The session on communication got rated best. Conclusion: We recommend continuing with this activity as we believe it can help our interns better navigate through the most challenging year of their residency.
Authors and Affiliations
Nisrine Ghazal, Marie Noel Rahal, Pierre Bou Khalil
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