Wanted: pediatric nephrologists! - why trainees are not choosing pediatric nephrology
Publication Date
2014
Journal Title
Ren Fail
Abstract
A workforce crisis for many pediatric specialties, particularly nephrology, is due to growing retirement rates, attrition during training, and retention difficulties. To obtain specific information regarding pediatric nephrology trainee shortages, we administered two cross-sectional surveys to non-renal pediatric subspecialty fellows and pediatric nephrology program directors. We characterized the fellows' experiences with nephrology and the program directors' experiences with their fellows as well as their outcomes in the last 10 years. We analyzed responses from 531 non-renal fellows (14.4% response rate). Overall, 317 (60%) fellows rated nephrology as difficult, particularly women (65.4% vs. 49.5%, p
Volume Number
36
Issue Number
8
Pages
1340-1344
Document Type
Article
Status
Faculty
Facility
School of Medicine
Primary Department
Nephrology
PMID
DOI
10.3109/0886022x.2014.937671