Problem: National decline in Nephrology Fellowship applications
Literature review: Jhaveri et al., Why Not Nephrology? AJKD 2013
Design: qualitative study
Research question: What are the barriers that deter VCU medicine residents from choosing
carrier in nephrology?
Research question: What are the barriers that deter VCU medicine residents from choosing
carrier in nephrology?
Data collection: audiotapes
transcripts
Data analysis:coding