Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Dec;143(6):815-9. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.08.054.
To assess the extent of research publication misrepresentation among otolaryngology residency applicants and to determine applicant attributes associated with misrepresentation.
Prospective study.
A single otolaryngology residency program.
Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) applications to the incoming 2010 class of an otolaryngology residency program were reviewed for peer-reviewed journal publications reported as "provisionally accepted," "accepted," or "in print." Publications were verified by searching PubMed, Google Scholar, and electronic journals. Applicants with remaining unverified publications were e-mailed before announcing interviews. Erroneously reported or unverifiable publications were considered misrepresented.
There were 432 publications reported by 173 of 325 applicants (53.2%). Twenty-two publications (5.1%) were misrepresented by 17 applicants (9.8%). Contacting applicants verified 26 publications and identified 10 errors. Seven publications were inappropriately reported as provisionally accepted, three articles were not peer-reviewed, and applicants were erroneously listed as first author on two publications. Ten publications remained unverifiable. Multivariate logistic regression models showed that being an international medical graduate (P = 0.002) and male gender (P = 0.040) were predictors of misrepresentation after adjusting for potential confounders. Among international medical graduates alone, no attributes were associated with misrepresentation. All U.S. applicants with misrepresented publications were male (P = 0.033) and were from a medical school not ranked in the top 50 by U.S. News & World Report for research (P = 0.002) or primary care (P = 0.018).
Misrepresentation of research experience exists among otolaryngology residency applicants. ERAS should develop standardized definitions for publication statuses to help reduce inadvertent misrepresentation.
评估耳鼻喉科住院医师申请人在研究发表方面的造假程度，并确定与造假相关的申请人特征。
前瞻性研究。
一个耳鼻喉科住院医师培训项目。
对耳鼻喉科住院医师培训项目 2010 届即将入学的学员的电子住院医师申请服务（ERAS）申请进行了审查，以确定报告的同行评审期刊出版物为“暂定接受”、“接受”或“已出版”。通过搜索 PubMed、Google Scholar 和电子期刊来验证出版物。在宣布面试之前，向仍有未验证出版物的申请人发送电子邮件。被认为是错误报告或无法核实的出版物被视为有代表性。
在 325 名申请人中的 173 名报告了 432 篇出版物（53.2%）。有 17 名申请人（9.8%）的 22 篇出版物（5.1%）被造假。联系申请人核实了 26 篇出版物，并发现了 10 个错误。有 7 篇出版物被不恰当地报告为暂定接受，3 篇文章未经同行评审，申请人在两篇出版物上被错误地列为第一作者。仍有 10 篇出版物无法核实。多变量逻辑回归模型表明，在调整了潜在混杂因素后，国际医学毕业生（P = 0.002）和男性（P = 0.040）是造假的预测因素。在国际医学毕业生中，没有特征与造假相关。所有有代表性的出版物的男性申请人（P = 0.033）都来自美国新闻与世界报道在研究方面排名前 50 名以外的医学院（P = 0.002）或初级保健（P = 0.018）。
耳鼻喉科住院医师申请人存在研究经历造假的情况。ERAS 应制定标准化的出版物状态定义，以帮助减少无意的造假。
