Table 3B.

Open-ended comments stratified by self-perceived preparedness for fellowship.

Theme noted in open-ended comments to question of „Describe the strengths/defecits of residency training for fellowship“	Response to „How prepared did you feel for fellowship after your residency“
	„Very prepared “(51) or „prepared “(69) (n = 120, 80.0%)	„Neutral “(19), „unprepared “(9) or „very unprepared “(1) (n = 29, 19.3%)
Impact of obstetrics training	3 (2.5%)	1 (3.4%)
Not enough exposure to research	1 (0.8%)	3 (10.3)
Not enough mentoring	2 (1.7%)	1 (3.4%)
Deficient in GO knowledge/clinical management	2 (1.7%)	4 (13.8%)
Not enough surgery	9 (7.5%)	3 (10.3%)
Not enough exposure to feel prepared to care for large service	1 (0.8%)	2 (6.9%)
Impact of fellows	7 (5.8%)	1 (3.4%)