Cortez Xavier C, Freshman Ryan D, Feeley Brian T, Ma C Benjamin, Lansdown Drew A, Zhang Alan L
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Orthop J Sports Med. 2020 May 18;8(5):2325967120920782. doi: 10.1177/2325967120920782. eCollection 2020 May.
Orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship positions are increasing in popularity, as evidenced by the increasing number of applicants to these programs. As positions have become more competitive, greater emphasis has been placed on an applicant's research experience. However, there has been a lack of research evaluating the accuracy of self-reported publications from fellowship applications.
To evaluate the accuracy of self-reported research publications and the outcomes of studies submitted for publication by applicants to an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited sports medicine fellowship in the United States (US).
Cross-sectional study.
Demographic and research publication data were retrospectively collected from 435 applications to an ACGME-accredited orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship program at a single high-volume academic institution from 2013 to 2017. All self-reported manuscript publications and studies in progress were analyzed with a minimum 2-year follow-up. "Submitted" publications were reviewed by searching the originally submitted journal and all publicly available sources. Publications were verified on PubMed, MEDLINE, and other open access journals. Journal impact factors were collected through use of InCites .
Only 5.7% (85/1504) of papers reported as "completed" were inaccurately self-reported, with 44 (51.8%) remaining unverified and 41 (48.2%) reporting discordant authorship, in which the published study listed a different author order than reported on the application. Further, 28.3% (197/696) of papers self-reported as "submitted" remained unpublished, 21.8% (152/696) were published in a different journal than originally reported, and 7.6% (53/696) were published with a different authorship order than reported. Among 95 applicants whose papers were published in different journals than originally reported, the mean impact factor of the final accepting journal was significantly lower than that of the journal of original submission (0.97 ± 0.13 vs 3.91 ± 0.79, respectively; 95% CI of the difference, 1.34-4.54; < .01). Univariate analysis showed no significant relationships between variables of interest (age, sex, US Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 score, American Orthopaedic Association membership, medical school ranking, and advanced degree) and the presence of an inaccuracy.
There is a low rate of inaccurate self-reporting of "completed" publications on applications for orthopaedic sports medicine fellowships. The majority of papers listed as "submitted" on these applications were not published in the journals to which they were originally submitted.
骨科运动医学 fellowship 职位越来越受欢迎，申请这些项目的人数不断增加就证明了这一点。随着职位竞争日益激烈，申请人的研究经验受到了更多重视。然而，一直缺乏对 fellowship 申请中自我报告的出版物准确性的研究。
评估美国研究生医学教育认证委员会（ACGME）认证的运动医学 fellowship 申请人自我报告的研究出版物的准确性以及提交发表的研究成果。
横断面研究。
回顾性收集了 2013 年至 2017 年期间向一家高产量学术机构的 ACGME 认证的骨科运动医学 fellowship 项目提交的 435 份申请中的人口统计学和研究出版物数据。对所有自我报告的已发表手稿和正在进行的研究进行了至少 2 年的随访分析。通过搜索原始提交期刊和所有公开可用来源对“已提交”的出版物进行审查。在 PubMed、MEDLINE 和其他开放获取期刊上对出版物进行核实。通过使用 InCites 收集期刊影响因子。
报告为“已完成”的论文中，只有 5.7%（85/1504）自我报告不准确，其中 44 篇（51.8%）仍未得到核实，41 篇（48.2%）报告的作者顺序不一致，即发表的研究列出的作者顺序与申请中报告的不同。此外，自我报告为“已提交”的论文中有 28.3%（197/696）仍未发表，21.8%（152/696）发表在与最初报告不同的期刊上，7.6%（53/696）发表时的作者顺序与报告的不同。在 95 名其论文发表在与最初报告不同期刊上的申请人中，最终接受期刊的平均影响因子显著低于最初提交期刊的平均影响因子（分别为 0.97±0.13 和 3.91±0.79；差异的 95%CI，1.34 - 4.54；P <.01）。单因素分析显示，感兴趣的变量（年龄、性别、美国医师执照考试第 1 步成绩、美国骨科协会会员资格、医学院排名和高级学位）与不准确情况的存在之间没有显著关系。
骨科运动医学 fellowship 申请中“已完成”出版物的自我报告不准确率较低。这些申请中列为“已提交”的大多数论文并未发表在最初提交的期刊上。
