Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch, 8011,, New Zealand.
Department of Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
BMC Med Educ. 2019 Jul 19;19(1):271. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1704-x.
Medical student journals play a critical role in promoting academic research and publishing amongst medical students, but their impact on students' future academic achievements has not been examined. We aimed to evaluate the short- and long-term effects of publication in the New Zealand Medical Student Journal (NZMSJ) through examining rates of post-graduation publication, completion of higher academic degrees, and pursuing an academic career.
Student-authored original research publications in the NZMSJ during the period 2004-2011 were retrospectively identified. Gender-, university- and graduation year-matched controls were identified from publicly available databases in a 2:1 ratio (two controls for each student authors). Date of graduation, current clinical scope of practice, completion of higher academic degrees, and attainment of an academic position for both groups were obtained from Google searches, New Zealand graduate databases, online lists of registered doctors in New Zealand and Australia, and author affiliation information from published articles. Pre- and post-graduation PubMed®-indexed publications were identified using standardised search criteria.
Fifty publications authored by 49 unique students were identified. The median follow-up period after graduation was 7.0 years (range 2-12 years). Compared with controls, student-authors were significantly more likely to publish in PubMed®-indexed journals (OR 3.09, p = 0.001), obtain a PhD (OR 9.21, p = 0.004) or any higher degree (OR 2.63, p = 0.007), and attain academic positions (OR 2.90, p = 0.047) following graduation.
Publication in a medical student journal is associated with future academic achievement and contributes to develop a clinical academic workforce. Future work should aim to explore motivators and barriers associated with these findings.
医学生期刊在促进医学生的学术研究和发表方面发挥着关键作用，但它们对学生未来学术成就的影响尚未得到检验。我们旨在通过检查毕业后发表论文的频率、完成更高学术学位的情况以及从事学术职业的情况，来评估新西兰医学生期刊（NZMSJ）发表的短期和长期影响。
通过回顾性识别 2004 年至 2011 年期间在 NZMSJ 上发表的学生作者原创研究出版物。以性别、大学和毕业年份为匹配因素，按照 2:1 的比例（每个学生作者有两个对照）从公开数据库中确定对照。从 Google 搜索、新西兰研究生数据库、新西兰和澳大利亚注册医生在线列表以及已发表文章的作者隶属关系中获取两组人员的毕业日期、当前临床实践范围、完成更高学术学位的情况以及获得学术职位的情况。使用标准化搜索标准识别毕业后和毕业后的 PubMed®索引出版物。
确定了 49 名唯一学生撰写的 50 篇出版物。毕业后的中位随访期为 7.0 年（范围 2-12 年）。与对照组相比，学生作者在 PubMed®索引期刊上发表文章的可能性明显更高（OR 3.09，p=0.001），获得博士学位（OR 9.21，p=0.004）或任何更高学位（OR 2.63，p=0.007）的可能性更高毕业后获得学术职位（OR 2.90，p=0.047）的可能性更高。
在医学学生期刊上发表文章与未来的学术成就相关，并有助于培养临床学术劳动力。未来的工作应旨在探讨与这些发现相关的动机和障碍。
