Profession
Subspecialties attract IM residents
■ An occasional snapshot of current facts and trends in medicine.
Quick View. Posted Sept. 18, 2006
The number of internal medicine residents who plan to subspecialize continued to grow in 2005.
Subspecialty choices (2005) | ||
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General internal medicine | 2,724 | 15.8% |
Cardiology | 2,232 | 12.9% |
Gastroenterology | 1,473 | 8.5% |
Hematology/oncology | 1,297 | 7.5% |
Hospital medicine | 1,122 | 6.5% |
Pulmonary/critical care | 1,013 | 5.9% |
Nephrology | 945 | 5.5% |
Endocrinology | 689 | 4.0% |
Infectious diseases | 596 | 3.5% |
Pediatrics | 591 | 3.4% |
Rheumatology | 424 | 2.5% |
Geriatrics | 156 | 0.9% |
Undecided career | 2,116 | 12.3% |
Undecided IM specialty | 906 | 5.3% |
Other IM specialty | 563 | 3.3% |
Other career (not IM) | 411 | 2.4% |
Declining reimbursement, long hours and the desire for a greater work-life balance are among reasons experts cite for this trend, according to data from the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination, a one-day exam to assess residents' progress.
Source: Insight, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine