Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356510, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
World J Urol. 2013 Jun;31(3):697-702. doi: 10.1007/s00345-012-0895-0. Epub 2012 Jun 23.
To assess the extent and types of publication misrepresentation among medical students applying to the urology residency program at the University of Washington. Research experience and publications are the selection criteria used to judge and rank urology residency applicants.
Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) applications submitted for the incoming class of 2011 for urology residency at the University of Washington were reviewed. All listed publications were verified against PubMed and Google search engines. Misrepresentation was defined as non-authorship of an existing article, authorship claimed of a nonexistent article, or first-authorship listed incorrectly.
Of the 198 total applications, 124 (63 %) applicants reported 541 publications, including 112 abstracts and 429 journal articles. 347 (65 %) articles and abstracts were verifiable. Misrepresentation of 12 (3.5 %) published articles was found in 9 applicants (7 %), which included self-promotion to first-authorship (6), followed by non-existent articles (5), and a repeated publication listing (1). On univariate analysis, higher age (p = 0.008), higher number of total publications reported (p < 0.001), additional graduate degree (p < 0.001), and foreign medical graduate (FMG) status (p < 0.001) were associated with misrepresentation. Due to the low incidence, the study was not adequately powered to perform a multivariate analysis.
Misrepresentation of publications listed in ERAS among urology applicants remains significant. Residency program directors should require applicants to submit copies of all of their publications, whether in print, in-press, or submitted to be placed as part of their application file.
评估华盛顿大学泌尿科住院医师项目申请医学生的发表论文造假程度和类型。研究经验和出版物是评判和排名泌尿科住院医师申请人的标准。
审查了申请华盛顿大学 2011 年泌尿科住院医师的电子住院医师申请服务（ERAS）申请。对所有列出的出版物都在 PubMed 和 Google 搜索引擎上进行了验证。论文造假的定义是非现有文章的作者身份、声称不存在的文章的作者身份或第一作者身份不正确。
在 198 份总申请中，124 份（63%）申请人报告了 541 篇出版物，包括 112 篇摘要和 429 篇期刊文章。可验证的有 347 篇（65%）文章和摘要。在 9 名申请人（7%）中发现了 12 篇（3.5%）已发表文章的论文造假，包括自我提升为第一作者（6 篇），其次是不存在的文章（5 篇）和重复发表列表（1 篇）。单变量分析显示，年龄较高（p=0.008）、报告的总出版物数量较多（p<0.001）、额外的研究生学位（p<0.001）和外国医学毕业生（FMG）身份（p<0.001）与论文造假有关。由于发生率较低，因此该研究没有足够的能力进行多变量分析。
泌尿科住院医师申请人在 ERAS 中列出的出版物造假仍然很严重。住院医师项目主任应要求申请人提交他们所有出版物的副本，无论是否已印刷、在印刷中或提交作为申请档案的一部分。
