Imperial College London
Dr Jo Horsburgh

Dr Jo Horsburgh

Central Faculty, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship

Principal Teaching Fellow in Medical Education
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 8848j.horsburgh

 
 
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Location

 

S508Sherfield BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Beckwith:2018:ckj/sfy076,
author = {Beckwith, H and Kingsbury, M and Horsburgh, J},
doi = {ckj/sfy076},
journal = {Clinical Kidney Journal},
pages = {599--604},
title = {Why do people choose nephrology? Identifying positive motivators to aid recruitment and retention},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfy076},
volume = {11},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Increasing concerns about recruitment and retention of junior doctors have led to renewed interest in how and when trainees choose their specialties. To our knowledge, no study has yet reported what attracts UK applicants to nephrology nor how clinicians develop vocational interests or make occupational choices. With this in mind, we sought to explore the motivation behind current nephrologist's career choices in the UK. We interviewed 11 nephrologists using a semi-structured face-to-face approach and used interpretative phenomenological analysis to conduct and analyse the interviews. We found role models were pivotal in encouraging specialization in nephrology, particularly those encountered in early postgraduate training. The diversity, diagnostic challenge and cross-specialty knowledge was highlighted as well as the ability to 'make a difference to patients' lives'. Nephrologists enjoyed the challenge of managing very sick, acutely unwell patients as well as the holistic continuity of long-term care offered to dialysis patients and their families. Academic and procedural components were attractive motivators to the specialty and the flexibility to have multiple interests was noted, with many nephrologists having 'portfolio' careers. Based on these results, we suggest strategies the specialty can use to aid policy decision making, promote recruitment and improve educational experiences within current training programmes.
AU  - Beckwith,H
AU  - Kingsbury,M
AU  - Horsburgh,J
DO  - ckj/sfy076
EP  - 604
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 2048-8505
SP  - 599
TI  - Why do people choose nephrology? Identifying positive motivators to aid recruitment and retention
T2  - Clinical Kidney Journal
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfy076
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30288258
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/63200
VL  - 11
ER  -
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