Applebaum Sarah A, Stoehr Jenna R, Bacos Jonathan T, Vaca Elbert E, Lopez Joseph, Chu Yuyang, Gosain Arun K
Division of Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Oct 19;9(10):e3849. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003849. eCollection 2021 Oct.
Evidence regarding whether medical school research portends resident research is limited. This information will provide program directors with data that may be useful for selecting applicants with a commitment to continued academic productivity.
A questionnaire distributed via the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Resident Council to residents in 44 plastic surgery training programs in May 2020 assessed participation in dedicated research years during medical school, the number of publications completed before residency, and the total number of publications by each resident at the time of the survey. One-way ANOVA and post hoc analysis determined significant associations between publication count and number of research years.
Of the 256 included respondents, 203 did not complete a research year during medical school, 44 completed 1 research year, and nine completed 2 research years. Mean publications before residency were higher for participants who took 1 or 2 research years (9.88 and 27.60, respectively) compared with those who did not (4.83, < 0.001). A comparison of total publications during residency similarly revealed increased productivity by individuals who took 1 or more research years; however, there was no difference between the number of publications completed during residency for individuals who took 1 versus 2 years ( = 0.23).
Residents with research experience during medical school continue to produce an increased number of publications during residency compared with those without, suggesting dedicated research years taken during medical school serve as a predictor of academic productivity in plastic surgery residents.
关于医学院研究是否预示着住院医师研究的证据有限。这些信息将为项目主任提供数据，可能有助于挑选出致力于持续学术产出的申请者。
2020年5月，通过美国整形外科医师协会住院医师委员会向44个整形外科培训项目的住院医师发放了一份问卷，评估他们在医学院期间参与专门研究年的情况、住院医师培训前完成的出版物数量以及调查时每位住院医师的出版物总数。单因素方差分析和事后分析确定了出版物数量与研究年数之间的显著关联。
在256名纳入的受访者中，203人在医学院期间没有完成研究年，44人完成了1个研究年，9人完成了2个研究年。与未完成研究年的参与者相比，完成1个或2个研究年的参与者在住院医师培训前的平均出版物数量更高（分别为9.88和27.6）（<0.001）。住院医师期间总出版物数量的比较同样显示，完成1个或更多研究年的个体生产力有所提高；然而，完成1年与2年研究的个体在住院医师期间完成的出版物数量没有差异（=0.23）。
与没有研究经验的住院医师相比，医学院期间有研究经验的住院医师在住院医师培训期间继续发表更多的出版物，这表明医学院期间专门的研究年可作为整形外科住院医师学术生产力的一个预测指标。
