The Open Forum Infectious Diseases Podcast

The Open Forum Infectious Diseases Podcast


An interview with Drs. Wendy Armstrong and Michael Edmond

August 31, 2016

In the tenth installment of the OFID podcast, Editor Paul Sax, MD, interviews Wendy Armstrong, MD, and Michael Edmond, MD, MPH, to debate the root cause of the unsettling decline in infectious disease fellowship applicants. The trio explores how the lack of salary parity, less exposure to infectious diseases doctors during residency, and increasing educational debt burden are contributing to the problem.