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Tsang B, Aakef M, Nourmohammad A, McKinney JR, Modares M, Levine M, Alman B, Moody AR, Doria AS. Evaluating the Outcomes and Trainee Performance of a Canadian Medical Imaging Clinician Investigator Program. Can Assoc Radiol J 2024; 75:28-37. [PMID: 37347463 DOI: 10.1177/08465371231181484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Purpose: To measure the research productivity of trainees from the University of Toronto's Medical Imaging Clinician Investigator Program (MI-CIP) and comparing it with the research productivity of trainees from MI-non-CIP and General Surgery (GSx) Clinician Investigator Program. Methods: We identified residents who completed an MI-CIP, MI-non-CIP and GSx-CIP from 2006-2016. In each group of trainees, we assessed 3 research productivity outcomes with non-parametric tests before residency and at 7 years post-CIP completion/post-graduation. Research productivity outcomes include the number of total publications, the number of first-author publications, and the publication's average journal impact factor (IF). Results: We identified 11 MI-CIP trainees (male/female: 9 [82%]/2 [18%]), 74 MI-non-CIP trainees (46 [62%]/28 [38%]) and 41 GSx-CIP trainees (23 [56%]/18 [44%]). MI-CIP trainees had statistically significant higher research productivity than MI-non-CIP in all measured outcomes. The median (interquartile range, IQR) number of total publications of MI-CIP vs MI-non-CIP trainees was 5.0 (8.0) vs 1.0 (2.0) before residency and 6.0 (10.0) vs .0 (2.0) at 7 years post-CIP completion/post-graduation. The median (IQR) first-author publications of MI-CIP vs MI-non-CIP trainees was 2.0 (3.0) vs .0 (1.0) before residency and 2.0 (4.0) vs (.0) (1.0) at 7 years post-CIP completion/post-graduation. The median (IQR) average journal IF of MI-CIP vs MI-non-CIP trainees was 3.2 (2.0) vs .3 (2.4) before residency and 3.9 (3.2) vs .0 (2.6) at 7 years post-CIP completion/post-graduation. Between MI-CIP and GSx-CIP trainees, there were no significant differences in research productivity in all measured outcomes. Conclusion: MI-CIP trainees actively conducted research after graduation. These trainees demonstrated early research engagement before residency. The similar research productivity of MI-CIP vs GSx-CIP trainees shows initial success of MI-CIP trainees.
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Affiliation(s)
- Brian Tsang
- Translational Medicine Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Translational Medicine Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Armin Nourmohammad
- Translational Medicine Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Jennifer R McKinney
- Translational Medicine Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Mana Modares
- Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Mark Levine
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Benjamin Alman
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
| | - Alan R Moody
- Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Andrea S Doria
- Translational Medicine Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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