"What do you think about nephrology?" A national survey of internal medicine residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interest in nephrology has been declining among internal medicine residents but the reasons behind this observation are not well characterized. Our objective was to evaluate factors influencing residents' choice of subspecialty.

Methods

This is a mixed-method QUAL-QUAN design study that used the results of our previously published qualitative analysis on residents' perception of nephrology to create and pilot a questionnaire of 60 questions. The final questionnaire was distributed to 26 programs across the United States and a total of 1992 residents. We calculated response rates and tabulated participant characteristics and percentage of participant responses. We categorized choice of fellowship into 2 medical categories (Highly Sought After vs. Less Sought After)

SUBMITTER: Nakhoul GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140430 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature