Wanted: Pediatric nephrologists!-why trainees are not choosing pediatric nephrology

Renal Failure

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1340-1344

  Ferris, Maria ^a   Iglesia, Edward ^b   Ko, Zion ^c   Amamoo, Ahinee ^a   Mahan, John ^d   Desai, Tejas ^c   Gibson, Keisha ^a   Jhaveri, Kenar ^e   Primack, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nephrology training; Pediatric nephrology; Specialty preference; Trainee gender differences; Work force

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNDING; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MANPOWER; NEPHROLOGY; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906718418     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2014.937671     Document Type: Article

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