Table 3 Completing rotation during clinical years of medical school vs. choosing fellowship specialty
From: “What do you think about nephrology?” A national survey of internal medicine residents
Rotations as a Medical Student | No (N = 202) | Cardiology (N = 66) | p-value |
Cardiology | 0.006c | ||
No | 84 (84.8) | 15 (15.2) | |
Yes | 118 (69.8) | 51 (30.2) | |
No (N = 220) | GI (N = 48) | p-value | |
Gastroenterology | < 0.001c | ||
No | 131 (91.6) | 12 (8.4) | |
Yes | 89 (71.2) | 36 (28.8) | |
No (N = 224) | Hemato/Oncology (N = 44) | p-value | |
Hemato/Oncology | < 0.001c | ||
No | 167 (92.8) | 13 (7.2) | |
Yes | 57 (64.8) | 31 (35.2) | |
No (N = 225) | Pulmonary/Critical (N = 43) | p-value | |
Pulmonary/Critical Care | 0.007c | ||
No | 96 (91.4) | 9 (8.6) | |
Yes | 129 (79.1) | 34 (20.9) | |
No (N = 244) | Rheumatology (N = 24) | p-value | |
Rheumatology | 0.003d | ||
No | 208 (93.7) | 14 (6.3) | |
Yes | 36 (78.3) | 10 (21.7) | |
No (N = 249) | Nephrology (N = 19) | p-value | |
Nephrology | 0.003c | ||
No | 164 (96.5) | 6 (3.5) | |
Yes | 85 (86.7) | 13 (13.3) | |
No (N = 255) | ID (N = 13) | p-value | |
Infectious disease | 0.004c | ||
No | 161 (98.2) | 3 (1.8) | |
Yes | 94 (90.4) | 10 (9.6) | |
No (N = 257) | Endocrinology (N = 11) | p-value | |
Endocrinology | 0.24d | ||
No | 206 (96.7) | 7 (3.3) | |
Yes | 51 (92.7) | 4 (7.3) |