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Subspecialty Fellowship Alumni Survey: HPM

Subspecialty Fellowship Alumni Survey
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Dear Colleagues:

The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Medicine Subspecialty training programs are performing a survey of former fellows. We are interested in learning about your current subspecialty practice and the level of preparedness you achieved prior to graduation from the MGH. We would greatly appreciate your comments regarding ways to enhance the MGH subspecialty training programs. You now have unique experience from being in practice, on faculty and/or in industry!

Please take a moment to complete the survey to help us gain a better understanding of our training programs. The survey information remains anonymous and it should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
 
 
 
In which subspecialty program did you train at the MGH?
 
 
 
In what year did you complete your fellowship training?
 
 
 
In what year did you start your first job?
 
 
What best describes your experience in securing your first job?
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A
I found a job easily
I received sufficient guidance for job selection during fellowship training
 
 
 
How satisfied are/were you with your first job?
 
Extremely Satisfied
 
Somewhat Satisfied
 
Neutral
 
Not at All
 
 
 
Currently, do you work full-time or part-time?
 
Full-time
 
Part-time < 0.5 FTE
 
Part-time 0.5-0.9 FTE
 
 
 
Please describe your current job setting:
 
 
 
Please select one description of your current position, if possible:
 
Clinician educator
 
Primarily basic or bench research (may include 2 or fewer half day clinics per week)
 
Primarily translational research (may include 2 or fewer half day clinics per week)
 
Primarily clinical or outcomes research
 
Primarily clinical care
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Do you feel that your fellowship training adequately prepared you for your chosen career?
   
 
 
 
Do you feel that your fellowship program adequately advised and supported you as you sought your first job?
   
 
 
 
What is your current academic rank?
 
Professor
 
Associate Professor
 
Assistant Professor
 
Instructor
 
Not Applicable
 
 
 
Please note any leadership positions that you currently hold or formerly held (select all appropriate):
 
Dean, Department Chair, Division Chief/Director, or equivalent
 
Director of Fellowship Training Program
 
Director of a Residency Training Program
 
Director of a residency training rotation in your specialty
 
Director of a Medical School course/program
 
Director of Clinical Program
 
Director of Research Program
 
Not applicable
 
Other
 

 
 
 
During fellowship, were you funded by (please select all appropriate)?
 
Hospital funding
 
Mentor’s support
 
Federal training grant (e.g., T-32, F-32)
 
NIH K award
 
Harvard training grant (e.g., CITP, CFAR, Catalyst)
 
A Foundation grant (e.g., Burroughs-Wellcome, ASTMH, Fogerty)
 
Other
 

 
 
 
Are you Board Certified in your subspecialty?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Number of attempts to successfully pass the subspecialty boards?
 
 
 
Total amount of debt owed at the end of fellowship training:
 
$0
 
< $25,000
 
$25,001-50,000
 
$50,001-75,000
 
$75,001-100,000
 
$100,001-125,000
 
$125,001-150,000
 
> $150,000
 
Prefer not to state
 
 
 
What is/was the salary range for your first position after fellowship training:
 
$50,000-99,999
 
$100,000-149,999
 
$150,000-199,999
 
$200,000-249,999
 
$250,000-$299,999
 
> $300,000
 
Prefer not to state
 
 
 
What is your current salary range?
 
$50,000-99,999
 
$100,000-149,999
 
$150,000-199,999
 
$200,000-249,999
 
$250,000-299,999
 
$300,000-350,000
 
> $350,000
 
Prefer not to state
 
 
 
Do you currently receive research funding? If so, please indicate any and all sources:
 
Industry grant
 
NIH: K Award
 
NIH: R01 Award
 
Private foundation grant (e.g., Burroughs-Wellcome, ASTMH, Fogerty)
 
Veteran's Administration funding
 
Workplace institution funding
 
Not applicable/I do not receive research funding
 
Other
 

 
 
 
Do you currently receive financial compensation or have protected time for: 
 
Teaching medical students
 
Teaching residents/fellows
 
Research
 
Administrative duties
 
No (I do one or more of these, but do not have any compensation/protected time)
 
Not applicable

 
 
 
Have your financial expectations of your career been met?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
How satisfied are you with your specialty choice?
 
Extremely satisfied
 
Somewhat satisfied
 
Neutral
 
Somewhat dissatisfied
 
Extremely dissatisfied
 
 
 
If you have had to change your career in a significant way what drove this decision (select all that apply)?
 
Desire to make more money
 
Unable to secure grant or funding for research
 
Frustration/burnout with clinical responsibilities
 
Family or geographic concerns
 
Recruited to a new position
 
Desire to work fewer hours
 
Desire to work more hours
 
Not applicable (I have not significantly changed my career since fellowship)
 
Other
 

 
 
 
How satisfied are you with your ability to balance the demands of your career with your personal life?
 
Extremely satisfied
 
Somewhat satisfied
 
Neutral
 
Somewhat dissatisfied
 
Extremely dissatisfied
 
 
 
What attribute(s) of your fellowship training do you most associate with your current career success?
   
 
 
 
What attribute(s) of your fellowship training would you like to have changed or improved?
   
 
 
 
Please provide suggestions for how your training program could have better prepared you for your current position:
   
 
 
 
In an interest to evaluate diversity and inclusion at the MGH, how well supported did you feel during the time of your fellowship training?
 
I felt very supported.
 
I felt supported.
 
I felt neither supported or unsupported.
 
I felt unsupported.
 
I felt very unsupported.
 
I prefer not to say.
 
 
 
If you wish, please provide additional additional comments regarding your experience of diversity and inclusion while in fellowship training at the MGH:
   
 
 
 
Sex:
 
Female
 
Transgendered female
 
Male
 
Transgendered male
 
Prefer not to say
 
 
 
Sexual Orientation:
 
Bisexual
 
Gay
 
Heterosexual
 
Lesbian
 
Queer
 
Prefer not to say
 
 
 
Ethnicity:
 
Hispanic
 
Non-Hispanic
 
Prefer not to say
 
 
 
Race:
 
American Indian/Native American
 
Asian
 
Black/African American
 
Native Alaskan
 
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
 
White/Caucasian
 
Prefer not to say
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Disability:
 
Medical disability
 
Physical disability
 
Not applicable
 
Prefer not to say
 
 
 
The next four questions are specific to the subspecialty field of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. If you were not a trainee in the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program, please do not complete this section.

What percent of the total time you spend at work (clinical and otherwise) is devoted to Hospice and Palliative Medicine?
 
0-24%
 
25-49%
 
50-74%
 
75-99%
 
100%
 
 
 
Please identify any of the activities below that are a part of your current career. Check as many boxes as are appropriate.
 
Inpatient consultation
 
Outpatient clinic
 
Hospice
 
Primary care (Internal medicine, Family medicine or Pediatrics)
 
Interventional pain
 
Anesthesia
 
Hospitalist
 
Critical care/Intensivist
 
Oncology
 
Cardiology
 
Renal
 
Other
 

 
 
 
How sustainable do you find your current position?
 
 
Reflecting on your fellowship experience, how effective were each of the following elements in meeting your professional needs?
Ineffective Somewhat Ineffective Neutral Somewhat Effective Effective N/A
Core inpatient clinical rotations
Electives
Outpatient clinic
Hospice rotation
Didactics
Formal advisor/mentorship program
Training in resiliency and self-care
Training in health systems and policy
Training in quality improvement (QI)