Joshi Aditya, Kamali Arash, Helbing Jordan, Welborn Michelle C, Hwang Steven W, Jain Amit, Kebaish Khaled, Hassanzadeh Hamid
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, National Capital Region, 6420 Rockledge Dr, Suite 2200, Bethesda, MD, 20817, USA.
Spine Deform. 2025 Jan;13(1):65-71. doi: 10.1007/s43390-024-00962-4. Epub 2024 Sep 20.
This study aims to measure the impact of the Scoliosis Research Society's travel fellowship on a spinal surgeon's career.
A non-incentivized survey was sent to 78 previous SRS junior travel fellows from 1993 to 2021. The questionnaire assessed fellowship influence on academic and administrative positions, professional society memberships, and commercial relationships. The trend of these quantitative measures was created according to a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) calculation of the reported values. The Scopus database was queried for all fellows' publication counts and h-index before the fellowship, as well as 3 years, 5 years, and currently after the fellowship. A control cohort of matched surgeons who did not participate in travel fellowships was used to compare research productivity measures relative to travel fellows.
This study had a 73% response rate. Over the periods of 3-5 years after the fellowship, and up to the present, the mean publication count increased by 31.0%, 31.6%, and 46.4%, respectively. Over the same interval, the mean h-index increased by 19.5%, 17.3%, and 11.3%, respectively. From the year of their respective fellowship to present day, the fellows observed a mean CAGR of + 3.2% in academic positions, + 6.7% in administrative positions, + 2.3% in society memberships, and + 4.7% in commercial relations. Previous fellows concurred the fellowship changed their clinical practice (42.1% Strongly Agree, 36.8% Agree), expanded their network (71.9% Strong Agree, 24.6% Agree), expanded their research (33.3% Strongly Agree, 54.4% Agree), and improved their surgical technique (33.3% Strongly Agree, 49.1% Agree).
Robust feedback from previous fellows suggests a traveling fellowship has a meaningful impact on a surgeon's research productivity and career achievements.
本研究旨在衡量脊柱侧弯研究学会的旅行奖学金对脊柱外科医生职业生涯的影响。
向1993年至2021年期间的78位前脊柱侧弯研究学会初级旅行奖学金获得者发送了一份无激励措施的调查问卷。该问卷评估了奖学金对学术和行政职位、专业学会会员资格以及商业关系的影响。这些定量指标的趋势是根据报告值的复合年增长率（CAGR）计算得出的。在Scopus数据库中查询了所有奖学金获得者在获得奖学金之前、之后3年、5年以及目前的发表论文数量和h指数。使用一组未参加旅行奖学金的匹配外科医生作为对照队列，以比较与旅行奖学金获得者相关的研究生产力指标。
本研究的回复率为73%。在获得奖学金后的3至5年期间以及直至目前，平均发表论文数量分别增加了31.0%、31.6%和46.4%。在相同时间段内，平均h指数分别增加了19.5%、17.3%和11.3%。从各自获得奖学金的年份到现在，奖学金获得者在学术职位上的平均复合年增长率为+3.2%，行政职位上为+6.7%，学会会员资格上为+2.3%，商业关系上为+4.7%。之前的奖学金获得者一致认为，该奖学金改变了他们的临床实践（42.1%强烈同意，36.8%同意），扩大了他们的人脉（71.9%强烈同意，24.6%同意），拓展了他们的研究（33.3%强烈同意，54.4%同意），并提高了他们的手术技术（33.3%强烈同意，49.1%同意）。
之前奖学金获得者的有力反馈表明，旅行奖学金对外科医生的研究生产力和职业成就具有重大影响。
