SDN forums in a publication: Kidney International Reports (2024)

[Mr.Smile12]

Takkavatakarn, K., Dai, Y., Sridhar, A., Borvick, M., Ehrenfeld, R., Cepin, C. L., Nadkarni, G. N., & Chan, L. (2024). Perceptions Related to Careers in Nephrology on Student Doctor Network Using Natural Language Processing. Kidney International Reports. Redirecting
https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2468024924018606-mmc1.pdf

Interest in a career in nephrology has been declining.1 The ratio of candidates applying to nephrology fellowships per position has been less than 1 since 2016, with the lowest reaching 0.6 candidates per position.2 The reasons behind the decreased interest in nephrology have been explored mainly through surveys and interviews.3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Several factors such as difficulty of the subject, lack of role models, lack of exposure to the field and procedures, perception of low remuneration, and poor work-life balance are important contributors to why nephrology was not chosen. With easy access to unfiltered, diverse content and robust networking interactions, social media has undergone substantial growth over the past decade. Exploring social media conversations about nephrology may provide valuable insights into the reasons for the declining interest in the field.

In this study, we aimed to use natural language processing, a subset of artificial intelligence encompassing the art of teaching computers to understand human language, to explore current perceptions of a career in nephrology shared on public forums. We utilized BERT (Supplemental Figure S1) and ChatGPT (Supplemental Figure S2) to identify, label, and describe topics related to nephrology discussed on student doctor network forums. Sentiment analysis was conducted by 2 independent raters to determine the tone of perceptions as positive, negative, or neutral/mixed. Full methods are provided in the Supplementary Methods.

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[dozitgetchahi]

Takkavatakarn, K., Dai, Y., Sridhar, A., Borvick, M., Ehrenfeld, R., Cepin, C. L., Nadkarni, G. N., & Chan, L. (2024). Perceptions Related to Careers in Nephrology on Student Doctor Network Using Natural Language Processing. Kidney International Reports. Redirecting
https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2468024924018606-mmc1.pdf

Interest in a career in nephrology has been declining.1 The ratio of candidates applying to nephrology fellowships per position has been less than 1 since 2016, with the lowest reaching 0.6 candidates per position.2 The reasons behind the decreased interest in nephrology have been explored mainly through surveys and interviews.3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Several factors such as difficulty of the subject, lack of role models, lack of exposure to the field and procedures, perception of low remuneration, and poor work-life balance are important contributors to why nephrology was not chosen. With easy access to unfiltered, diverse content and robust networking interactions, social media has undergone substantial growth over the past decade. Exploring social media conversations about nephrology may provide valuable insights into the reasons for the declining interest in the field.

In this study, we aimed to use natural language processing, a subset of artificial intelligence encompassing the art of teaching computers to understand human language, to explore current perceptions of a career in nephrology shared on public forums. We utilized BERT (Supplemental Figure S1) and ChatGPT (Supplemental Figure S2) to identify, label, and describe topics related to nephrology discussed on student doctor network forums. Sentiment analysis was conducted by 2 independent raters to determine the tone of perceptions as positive, negative, or neutral/mixed. Full methods are provided in the Supplementary Methods.

The things people will do to get another publication…

 

[sloh]

April fools already?

 

[dozitgetchahi]

April fools already?

I’m even more amused after reading through the supplemental material. Apparently they used some apps to mine a bunch of content from SDN posts, and then used ChatGPT to summarize the content they mined.

Low effort academic publishing at its finest.

 

[NewYorkDoctors]

and some of the troll posters in the Neph is Dead thread were trying to be dismissive of the whole thing. projection lol.

 

[NewYorkDoctors]

i just read the paper

the whole paper basically seems to be summarizing what Renal Prometheus and I posted lol.

But this paper does do me a service. New contributors to the thread will realize I am not doom and gloom. I am just stating go into with a plan and you'll be happy. If you go into Nephrology with no plan or any expectations, you may be sorely disappointed. I am the ultimate 3/5 star reviewer.

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Attitude towards nephrology fellowship and residency match

• Expressing that there should be zero SOAP/scramble applicants into nephrology fellowship. The author discourages cardiology and PCCM applicants who did not match from accepting cold calls to join nephrology programs, as it is seen as taking advantage of them. • The author advises those who did not match into their primary subspecialty to ignore the cold calls and emails and instead do hospitalist or research roles for a year and reapply. The author warns that accepting a scramble program in nephrology may lead to a lower tier program and limited opportunities in academic renal. The author also discusses the challenges faced by residents who scramble into nephrology and later want to apply to cardiology or PCCM, emphasizing the importance of research and connections to be taken seriously by those programs. • Encourages residents who genuinely like nephrology to pursue their dreams but expresses skepticism about the success stories of nephrology graduates and highlights the prevalence of hospitalist positions among renal graduates.