From the Department of Surgery (R.A.C.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California; Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Executive Office, Chicago, Illinois (R.D.); Department of Surgery (J.W.S.), University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; and Department of Surgery (B.Z.), University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Sep 1;93(3):340-346. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003714. Epub 2022 Jun 1.
The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma mission includes fostering research and providing career development opportunities. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma has awarded for 20 years a research scholarship to a promising young investigator. The research mentorship efforts were expanded 5 years ago with the INVEST-C Hack-a-thon. INVEST-C provides an intensive, short-term engagement to propel junior faculty toward establishing research independence. This study investigates the impact of these programs on academic productivity.
Pubmed records, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Reporter data, and SCOPUS h-index were acquired for all scholarship (SCH) awardees from 2002 to 2021 (n = 20) and all INVEST-C (INV) participants (2017-2020, n = 19). Current type of practice, total number of funding awards, and timing of first award were ascertained. INVEST-C participants were also surveyed on an annual basis to track their progress. Medians (interquartile range [IQR]) are reported and compared (analysis of variance).
Median publications (PUBs) of SCH awardees were 56 (IQR, 33-88), h-index was 16 (IQR, 12-21), and 25% of awardees have ≥1 NIH grant since their SCH. Among the last 10 awardees with a minimum of 2 years from SCH, 40% have received an NIH award compared with a mean NIH funding rate of 18.5% over the same period. For those remaining in academics (90% SCH), PUBs were higher for those >5 years (66 [IQR, 51-115]) versus <5 years from their SCH (33 [22-59]; p = 0.05), but there was no difference in h-index (16 [IQR, 14-25] vs. 15 [9-19], p = NS). Comparing the most recent 5 years of SCH to INV group, there was no difference in academic productivity as measured by total PUBs (SCH, 33 [IQR, 22-59] vs. INV, 34 [IQR, 18-44]; p = 0.7) or h-index (INV, 9 [IQR, 5-14]; p = 0.1). However, no attendee held research funding before INV, but 31.6% (6 of 19 attendees) have subsequently acquired ≥1 funding award (11 non-NIH, 1 NIH) in the short interval since participation.
Investments in research activities have translated to significant extramural funding. Those in the last 5 years have been particularly fruitful with INV participants already achieving equal median academic productivity to SCH recipients.
Prognostic and Epidemiologic; Level III.
东部创伤外科学会的使命包括促进研究和提供职业发展机会。东部创伤外科学会 20 年来一直向有前途的年轻研究人员授予研究奖学金。5 年前,通过 INVEST-C 黑客马拉松扩大了研究指导工作。INVEST-C 提供了一种密集的短期参与,以推动初级教员实现研究独立。本研究调查了这些项目对学术产出的影响。
从 2002 年到 2021 年(n=20),我们从所有奖学金(SCH)获得者和所有 INVEST-C(INV)参与者(2017-2020 年,n=19)的 PubMed 记录、美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)报告数据和 Scopus h-index 中获取数据。确定当前的实践类型、获得的总资助数量以及首次资助的时间。还对 INVEST-C 参与者进行了年度调查,以跟踪他们的进展。报告中位数(四分位距[IQR])并进行比较(方差分析)。
SCH 获得者的中位出版物(PUB)为 56(IQR,33-88),h 指数为 16(IQR,12-21),自获得 SCH 以来,25%的获得者获得了至少 1 项 NIH 资助。在过去 10 名获得 SCH 至少 2 年的获奖者中,40%获得了 NIH 奖,而同期 NIH 资助率平均为 18.5%。对于那些仍留在学术界的人(90%的 SCH),>5 年(66 [IQR,51-115])的 PUB 高于<5 年(33 [22-59];p=0.05),但 h 指数没有差异(16 [IQR,14-25] vs. 15 [9-19],p=NS)。将最近 5 年的 SCH 与 INV 组进行比较,以总 PUB(SCH,33 [IQR,22-59] vs. INV,34 [IQR,18-44])或 h 指数(INV,9 [IQR,5-14])衡量,学术生产力无差异(p=0.7)。然而,在 INV 之前,没有与会者拥有研究资金,但在参与后的短时间内,31.6%(19 名与会者中的 6 名)随后获得了≥1 项资助(11 项非 NIH,1 项 NIH)。
对研究活动的投资已转化为大量的外部资金。在过去的 5 年中,由于 INV 参与者已经实现了与 SCH 获得者相当的中位数学术生产力,因此尤其富有成效。
预后和流行病学;III 级。