Abstract:BackgroundRecruitment of candidates is a cost- and effort-intensive aspect of rheumatology fellowship programs. For program leaders to efficiently use the available resources and improve recruitment outcomes, it is imperative to understand the attributes that influence the candidates’ choice of a program. Previous studies have examined the type and relative importance of the factors that candidates use in selecting other fellowship programs (1, 2). However, no such studies have been conducted in the field of r… Show more
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