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Table 4 Anticipated professional plans of resident 5 years following survey completion

From: Resident interest and factors involved in entering a pediatric pulmonary fellowship

Category

1992

2002

 

+PF

-PF

+PF

-PF

General pediatrics, non-academic

1

14.5*

2

29

Academic general pediatrics

1

5

1

8.5

Academic non-pulmonary pediatric specialty

3

12

2

16

Academic pediatric pulmonology

1

0

0

0

Non-academic non-pulmonary pediatric specialty

1

1.5

1

1.5

Non-academic pediatric pulmonology

0

0

0

0

Non-pediatric medical specialty

0

0

0

1

Non-medical vocation

0

0

0

0

Unknown

1

2

1

0

  1. See text and footnote to Table 1 for explanation of +PF and -PF. The numbers represent actual number of residents responding. *Some residents listed 2 categories, hence their score was divided between them.