AUA 2025 EAB Webinar: Discussions About Fellowship – Pros and Cons

Amidst national trends in declining fellowship applications across several subspecialties, financial and value-based barriers are explored. Factors influencing the pursuit of fellowship training encompass career opportunities, economic incentives, and other intangible motivators that contribute to decision-making processes.

 

Three different topics will be presented throughout the webinar: 

• The heart of fellowship: pursuing advanced training in modern times
  • Learning Objectives:
    • Review the benefits or pursuing fellowship training in cardiothoracic anesthesiology, including recent trends, challenges, and opportunities. 
• Benefits of entering the workforce without a fellowship 
  • Is there value in completing a fellowship after residency? Learn the benefits of entering the workforce directly after residency and the factors that will help you make the decision if a fellowship is right for you.
  • Learning Objectives: 
    • To appreciate the value of entering the anesthesia workforce without completing a fellowship.
• Declining pain fellowship applications in the United States
  • Learning Objectives:
    • Review trends in Pain Medicine fellowship recruitment
    • Recognize differences and disparities in applicants and match rates
    • Anticipate downstream effects of failed pain training
    • identify opportunities for Pain Medicine recruitment

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