Factors Affecting the Choice to Specialize in Medical Toxicology.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical toxicology is a small but growing specialty. To ensure that the specialty continues to grow and attract strong candidates, it is important to understand what influences physicians to pursue medical toxicology training. This would allow for targeted interventions to recruit strong candidates to the field.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was sent via email to current medical toxicology fellows and to medical toxicologists who completed fellowship in the last 5 years. ACMT listservs were utilized to target recipients. The survey was created through an iterative writing process among the study authors. Responses to the survey were recorded in REDCap. Descriptive statistics were obtained and analyzed.

Results

A total of 126 participants responded to t

SUBMITTER: Keenan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10522556 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature