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Wolfson RK, Fairchild PC, Bahner I, Baxa DM, Birnbaum DR, Chaudhry SI, Chretien KC, DeFranco DB, Deptola AZ, LaConte LE, Lin JJ, Petch Lee L, Powers MA, Ropson IJ, Sankaran SM, Sawarynski KE, Sozio SM. Residency Program Directors' Views on Research Conducted During Medical School: A National Survey. ACADEMIC MEDICINE : JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES 2023; 98:1185-1195. [PMID: 37099328 PMCID: PMC10516175 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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PURPOSE With the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 transition to pass/fail in 2022, uncertainty exists regarding how other residency application components, including research conducted during medical school, will inform interview and ranking decisions. The authors explore program director (PD) views on medical student research, the importance of disseminating that work, and the translatable skill set of research participation. METHOD Surveys were distributed to all U.S. residency PDs and remained open from August to November 2021 to query the importance of research participation in assessing applicants, whether certain types of research were more valued, productivity measures that reflect meaningful research participation, and traits for which research serves as a proxy. The survey also queried whether research would be more important without a numeric Step 1 score and the importance of research vs other application components. RESULTS A total of 885 responses from 393 institutions were received. Ten PDs indicated that research is not considered when reviewing applicants, leaving 875 responses for analysis. Among 873 PDs (2 nonrespondents), 358 (41.0%) replied that meaningful research participation will be more important in offering interviews. A total of 164 of 304 most competitive specialties (53.9%) reported increased research importance compared with 99 of 282 competitive (35.1%) and 95 of 287 least competitive (33.1%) specialties. PDs reported that meaningful research participation demonstrated intellectual curiosity (545 [62.3%]), critical and analytical thinking skills (482 [55.1%]), and self-directed learning skills (455 [52.0%]). PDs from the most competitive specialties were significantly more likely to indicate that they value basic science research vs PDs from the least competitive specialties. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates how PDs value research in their review of applicants, what they perceive research represents in an applicant, and how these views are shifting as the Step 1 exam transitions to pass/fail.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rachel K. Wolfson
- R.K. Wolfson is associate professor of pediatrics and assistant dean for medical school research, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-1540
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- P.C. Fairchild was manager of medical education, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, at the time of writing and is now an epidemiologist, Jefferson County Public Health, Jefferson County, Colorado
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- I. Bahner is professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1416-2989
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- D.M. Baxa is associate professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6713-2927
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- D.R. Birnbaum is scholarly concentrations program director and project manager for the executive associate dean, Medical Education and Institutional Improvement, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4344-6630
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- S.I. Chaudhry is professor of medicine and associate dean of student research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- K.C. Chretien is associate dean for medical student affairs, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-5052
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- D.B. DeFranco is professor of pharmacology and chemical biology and associate dean of medical student research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7662-4886
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- A.Z. Deptola was assistant professor of medicine and associate program director, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, at the time of writing and is now a physician, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3808-2780
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- L.E.W. LaConte is associate professor of basic science education and assistant dean for research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3747-0973
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- J.J. Lin is professor of medicine and associate director for the medical school research office, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7104-8480
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- L. Petch Lee is associate dean for academic enhancement, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia
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- M.A. Powers is associate professor of cell biology and director of the discovery phase, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- I.J. Ropson is associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and assistant dean for medical student research, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-9539-4596
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- S.M. Sankaran is assistant teaching professor of biomedical science, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington
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- K.E. Sawarynski is associate professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3008-0884
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- S.M. Sozio is associate professor of medicine and epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0099-0484
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Anderson JM, Wenger D, Johnson AL, Walters C, Adewumi MT, Esmond L, Waddell J, Vassar M. Publication Trends and Their Relationship With Academic Success Among Dermatology Residents: Cross-sectional Analysis. JMIR DERMATOLOGY 2021; 4:e30015. [PMID: 37632805 PMCID: PMC10334970 DOI: 10.2196/30015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Involvement in scholarly activities is considered to be one of the foundational pillars of medical education. OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate publication rates before, during, and after residency to determine whether research productivity throughout medical training correlates with future academic success and research involvement. METHODS We successfully identified a list of 296 graduates from 25 US dermatology residency programs from the years 2013-2015. The publication history for each graduate was compiled using Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar. The Pearson correlation test and linear regression were used to assess the relationship between research productivity and continued academic success after residency graduation. RESULTS Before residency, graduates published a mean of 1.9 (SD 3.5) total publications and a mean of 0.88 (SD 1.5) first-author publications. During residency, graduates published a mean of 2.7 (SD 3.6) total publications and a mean of 1.39 (SD 2.0) first-author publications. Graduates who pursued a fellowship had more total publications (t294=-4.0; P<.001), more first-author publications (t294=-3.9; P<.001), and a higher h-index (t294=-3.8; P=.002). Graduates who chose to pursue careers in academic medicine had more mean total publications (t294=-7.5; P<.001), more first-author publications (t294=-5.9; P<.001), and a higher mean h-index (t294=-6.9; P<.001). Graduates with one or more first-author publications before residency were 1.3 times more likely to pursue a career in academic medicine (adjusted odds ratio 1.3, 95% CI 1.1-1.5). Graduates who pursued a fellowship were also 1.9 times more likely to pursue a career in academic medicine (adjusted odds ratio 1.9, 95% CI 1.2-3.2). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that research productivity before and during residency training are potential markers for continued academic success and research involvement after completing dermatology residency training.
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- J Michael Anderson
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States
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- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States
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- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States
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- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States
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- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States
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- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States
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- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States
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