Levitt Eli B, Paul Kyle D, Vatsia Sohrab K, Scannell Brian, Patt Joshua C, Templeton Kim, McGwin Gerald, Ponce Brent A
Orthopedic Surgery, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, USA.
Internal Medicine, Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Feb 12;15(2):e34903. doi: 10.7759/cureus.34903. eCollection 2023 Feb.
Background Graduate Medical Education (GME) research in orthopedic surgery is an important but underrepresented subject in the medical literature. It was unknown if orthopedic residency leaders were interested in a surgical education research collaborative (). The objectives of this study were to assess the potential benefit of an orthopedic collaborative from orthopedic residency leaders and investigate the factors associated with the support of a research collaborative within a surgical subspecialty. Methodology An anonymous 19-question survey-based study was distributed through REDCap (Nashville, TN, USA) to orthopedic residency leaders in the United States, from July to October 2020. The main outcome was perceived benefit. Additional aspects included program characteristics, challenges in performing resident education research, and organizational issues such as authorship, frequency of study requests, and governance. Results Almost all orthopedic faculty leadership (99%, 73/74) stated that resident education and faculty development research projects would benefit from an orthopedic education research collaborative. In comparison to unsupportive respondents, younger age ( = 0.006), 15 or fewer years in practice (= 0.04), and having 0 to 100 peer-reviewed publications ( = 0.047) were associated with support for an orthopedic collaborative. Conclusions Challenges related to survey-based study quality and generalizability at single institutions can benefit from multi-institutional collaboration to develop high-quality studies that capture a representative sample to support orthopedic surgery program development.
背景 骨科手术住院医师医学教育（GME）研究是医学文献中一个重要但未得到充分体现的主题。尚不清楚骨科住院医师培训项目负责人是否对手术教育研究合作感兴趣。本研究的目的是评估骨科住院医师培训项目负责人开展骨科合作的潜在益处，并调查与外科亚专业内研究合作支持相关的因素。方法 2020年7月至10月，通过REDCap（美国田纳西州纳什维尔）向美国的骨科住院医师培训项目负责人开展了一项基于问卷调查的匿名研究，问卷有19个问题。主要结果是感知到的益处。其他方面包括项目特征、开展住院医师教育研究的挑战以及诸如署名、研究请求频率和管理等组织问题。结果 几乎所有骨科教员领导（99%，73/74）表示，住院医师教育和教员发展研究项目将从骨科教育研究合作中受益。与不支持的受访者相比，年龄较小（P = 0.006）、执业年限15年或更少（P = 0.04）以及同行评审出版物为0至100篇（P = 0.047）与支持骨科合作相关。结论 单机构基于调查的研究质量和普遍性方面的挑战可通过多机构合作来改善，以开展高质量研究，获取具有代表性的样本以支持骨科手术项目的发展。
