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