Table 4 Fellowship choice, mentorship and rotations
From: “What do you think about nephrology?” A national survey of internal medicine residents
Fellowship I intend to pursue N = 295 | Specialty of Mentor in Residencya N = 272 | Rotations I rotated in during Medical Schoolb N = 415 | Mandatory Rotations in Medical schoolb N = 415 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiology | 66 (22.4) | 55 (20.2) | 249 (60.0) | 118 (28.4) |
Gastroenterology | 48 (16.3) | 36 (13.2) | 169 (40.7) | 53 (12.8) |
Hematology/Oncology | 44 (14.9) | 34 (12.5) | 130 (31.3) | 30 (7.2) |
Pulmonary/Critical Care | 43 (14.6) | 40 (14.7) | 249 (60.0) | 145 (34.9) |
Rheumatology | 24 (8.1) | 15 (5.5) | 68 (16.4) | 19 (4.6) |
Nephrology | 19 (6.4) | 19 (7.0) | 147 (35.4) | 33 (8.0) |
Endocrinology | 11 (3.7) | 6 (2.2) | 86 (20.7) | 28 (6.7) |
General medicine | 5 (1.7) | 93 (34.2) | 358 (86.3) | 385 (92.8) |
Infectious disease | 13 (4.4) | 21 (7.7) | 165 (39.8) | 33 (8.0) |
Other | 22 (7.5) | 14 (5.1) | 20 (4.8) |