{"title":"US Nephrology Workforce Crisis: Our Specialty Must Stay Modern and Relevant","authors":"P. Phelan","doi":"10.2174/1874303X01508010068","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Interest in nephrology as a career choice for physicians in the United States continues to decline, particularly among US medical graduates. Reasons for this are multi-factorial and include nephrology being perceived as difficult, arduous and un-inspiring with poor career prospects. This short paper discusses some aspects of Nephrology that need to be adjusted to attract bright enthusiastic physicians who can move the specialty forward.","PeriodicalId":38952,"journal":{"name":"Open Urology and Nephrology Journal","volume":"8 1","pages":"68-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open Urology and Nephrology Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874303X01508010068","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Interest in nephrology as a career choice for physicians in the United States continues to decline, particularly among US medical graduates. Reasons for this are multi-factorial and include nephrology being perceived as difficult, arduous and un-inspiring with poor career prospects. This short paper discusses some aspects of Nephrology that need to be adjusted to attract bright enthusiastic physicians who can move the specialty forward.