AUTHOR=Snow Brent Walter , Wallis M. Chad 

TITLE=How Pediatric Urology Fellowships in the United States are Funded

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics

VOLUME=2

YEAR=2014

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2014.00119

DOI=10.3389/fped.2014.00119

ISSN=2296-2360

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Background:</bold> We desired to discover how pediatric urology fellowship positions in the United States were funded.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> Approved pediatric urology fellowship directors (25) were contacted by e-mail and asked how the 2 years of fellowship were funded at their institutions.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> The response rate of the e-mail questions was 100%. The clinical year of the fellowship was 100% hospital-funded in 88% of the 25 fellowships. The second, American board of urology (ABU)-required year was 100% hospital-funded in only 44% of the fellowships. Clinical funds generated by pediatric urology faculty provided funding for 24% of the fellows and institutes and grants funded 20% of the fellowship positions for the second year. Thirty-two percent of the fellowship positions have supplemental funding through charges generated from the fellow’s clinical activities in patient care.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> All but three hospitals fund 100% of the clinical year of pediatric urology fellowship. Sources of funding for the second, ABU-required year vary widely among fellowship programs in the United States.</p>