Han Jesse T, Egbert Mark A, Dodson Thomas B, Susarla Srinivas M
Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry and Craniofacial Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA.
Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry and Craniofacial Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018 Jan;76(1):27-33. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.08.040. Epub 2017 Sep 7.
Pursuing promotion in academic rank and seeking funded research opportunities are core elements of academic practice. Our purpose was to assess whether formal research training influences academic rank or National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding among full-time academic oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMSs).
We performed a cross-sectional study of full-time academic OMSs in the United States. The primary predictor variable was completion of formal research training, defined as a research fellowship or advanced non-clinical doctoral research degree (PhD, DMSc, DPH, DPhil, ScD). The outcomes measures were current academic rank and successful acquisition of NIH funding (yes vs no). Other study variables included MD degree, clinical fellowship training, years since training completion, and Hirsch index (H-index), a measure of academic productivity. We computed the descriptive, bivariate, and multiple regression models and set P ≤ .05 as significant.
A total of 299 full-time academic OMSs were included in the study sample. Of the 299 OMSs, 41 (13.7%) had had formal research training. Surgeons with formal research training had a greater mean interval since completion of training (P = 0.01) and had a greater mean H-index (P = 0.02). Formal research training was not associated with academic rank (P = .10) but was associated with an increased likelihood of receiving NIH funding (P < .001). In a multiple logistic regression model, after adjusting for years since completing training and H-index, formal research training was associated with an increased likelihood of obtaining NIH funding (odds ratio, 3.22; 95% confidence interval, 1.15 to 9.00; P = .03).
Among academic OMSs, those with formal research training had greater success with obtaining NIH funding. However, formal research training did not appear to influence an OMS's current academic rank.
追求学术职称晋升和寻求获得资助的研究机会是学术实践的核心要素。我们的目的是评估正规研究培训是否会影响全职学术口腔颌面外科医生（OMS）的学术职称或美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的资助情况。
我们对美国全职学术OMS进行了一项横断面研究。主要预测变量是完成正规研究培训，定义为研究奖学金或高级非临床博士研究学位（博士、口腔医学博士、公共卫生博士、哲学博士、理学博士）。结局指标是当前学术职称和成功获得NIH资助（是与否）。其他研究变量包括医学博士学位、临床专科培训、培训完成后的年限以及赫希指数（H指数），这是一种学术生产力的衡量指标。我们计算了描述性、双变量和多元回归模型，并将P≤0.05设定为具有统计学意义。
研究样本共纳入299名全职学术OMS。在这299名OMS中，41名（13.7%）接受过正规研究培训。接受过正规研究培训的外科医生自培训完成后的平均间隔时间更长（P = 0.01），平均H指数更高（P = 0.02）。正规研究培训与学术职称无关（P = 0.10），但与获得NIH资助的可能性增加有关（P < 0.001）。在多元逻辑回归模型中，在调整培训完成后的年限和H指数后，正规研究培训与获得NIH资助的可能性增加有关（优势比，3.22；95%置信区间，1.15至9.00；P = 0.03）。
在学术OMS中，接受过正规研究培训的人员在获得NIH资助方面更成功。然而，正规研究培训似乎并未影响OMS当前的学术职称。
