Abstract :
In the medical profession, a period of “internship” during which the young graduate learns to put his knowledge to work has been established as a definite step in the preparation of a doctor for his field. So, too, in the engineering profession is such a period of internship necessary to bridge the transition from theory to practice successfully. This is the third article in a series presented at a symposium on education during the 1949 AIEE Winter Meeting.1,2
