Attracting More Residents into Nephrology

Attracting more residents into nephrology.

Understanding what attracts trainees to a specialty, in this case nephrology, is elusive. Some factors relate to the individual, their personality andneeds; some factors are related to the field, including characteristics of daily work, patient problems, and an individual’s experience with nephrology and the people; and other factors are idiosyncratic. The reduced number of nephrology fellowshi...

Enhancing outpatient nephrology experience for internal medicine residents

Interest in nephrology careers continues to remain low in the USA. Educational innovations that enhance interest in nephrology among medical trainees are being actively studied. While internal medicine (IM) residency programs commonly offer the inpatient nephrology elective to the resident, outpatient nephrology experience is lacking. Understanding the provision of care in outpatient and home d...

Attracting and training more chemical pathologists in the United Kingdom.

I have attempted to define the function of the medical graduate in the clinical biochemistry laboratory and have examined data on recrutiment in the United Kingdom into clinical biochemistry. If trainee pathologists were encouraged to become proficient in both a branch of clinical medicine and in research techniques, the resulting chemical pathologists should be able to improve the consultative...

Attracting students into careers in food supply veterinary medicine.

Optimizing Enrollment of Patients into Nephrology Research Studies.

Advances in medical care and biomedical research depend on the participation of human subjects. Poor patient enrollment in research has limited past clinical and translational research endeavors in nephrology. Simultaneously, patients and their caregivers are seeking better diagnostic, monitoring, and therapeutic approaches to improve or restore kidney and overall health. This manuscript will d...