Results of the 2012 third survey on Nephrology resident training

The second survey for tutors and the third for residents of the Spanish Society of Nephrology and the Spanish National Commission of Nephrology in 2012 compared with those of 2004 and 2007. 64% of tutors but only 24.6% of resident physicians participated. Tutors: improvement in educational infrastructure. Improvement in teaching organisation and in resident activity reporting. Clear improvement in teaching and in resident assessment. They believe that there should be a five year training period and a compulsory examination at the end of the residency. Resident physicians: improved satisfaction with teaching received with respect to previous surveys, except with regard to renal biopsies and pathological sessions. Improvement in formal training; experience in transplantation (only poor in 7%); experience in peritoneal dialysis (still poor in 21%); level of tutoring (poor in 20%); performance and quality of clinical sessions; scientific activity; quality of training of your service: good/very good in 66% in 2012 versus 26% (2004) and 46% (2007).