Rodriguez Megan M, Swiekatowski Kylie R, Tung Robert C, Greives Matthew R, Mathes David W, Nguyen Phuong D
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UT Health, Houston, Tex.
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Co.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Aug 1;12(8):e6013. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006013. eCollection 2024 Aug.
It is increasingly apparent that plastic surgery residency applications with lengthy research publications are the new standard in applicant competitiveness. This study aims to evaluate the research history of plastic surgery program faculty leadership to understand the trends and evolution of research expectations.
The curriculum vitaes of faculty involved in residency admissions among all US Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited integrated and independent plastic surgery programs were reviewed. Doximity, program websites, and Scopus were used to gather information. H-index and publication count at the time of medical school and residency graduations were collected. Student test and Pearson product-moment correlation were used for analysis.
Of the 236 plastic surgeons considered, faculty averaged one publication by medical school graduation, two by general surgery residency graduation, and six by plastic surgery residency graduation. Integrated residents held more publications after medical school (1.67 versus 0.56; = 0.09) and plastic surgery residency (8.48 versus 4.89; = 0.01) compared with independent residents. Later plastic surgery residency graduation year correlated with more publications ( < 0.001). Chairs had higher h-indices compared with program directors and associate positions (chair: 23.7, program director: 14.7, associate: 12.2; < 0.001).
The majority of faculty leaders' research was published after residency. The emerging trend of increased research volume among plastic surgeons-in-training may be a consequence of competitive research requirements to matriculate into residency. Longer-term career follow-up of newer graduates will need to be assessed to determine whether this predicts future postgraduate productivity or if it is just the price of admission to train as a plastic surgeon.
越来越明显的是，拥有长篇研究出版物的整形外科住院医师申请是申请人竞争力的新标准。本研究旨在评估整形外科项目教师领导层的研究历史，以了解研究期望的趋势和演变。
回顾了美国研究生医学教育认证委员会认可的所有综合和独立整形外科项目中参与住院医师招生的教师的简历。使用Doximity、项目网站和Scopus收集信息。收集医学院和住院医师毕业时的H指数和发表数量。采用学生检验和Pearson积矩相关进行分析。
在236名整形外科医生中，教师在医学院毕业时平均发表一篇论文，普通外科住院医师毕业时平均发表两篇，整形外科住院医师毕业时平均发表六篇。与独立住院医师相比，综合住院医师在医学院毕业后（1.67对0.56；P = 0.09）和整形外科住院医师毕业后（8.48对4.89；P = 0.01）发表的论文更多。整形外科住院医师毕业年份越晚，发表的论文越多（P < 0.001）。与项目主任和副职相比，主席的H指数更高（主席：23.7，项目主任：14.7，副职：12.2；P < 0.001）。
大多数教师领导层的研究是在住院医师培训后发表的。整形外科住院医师培训人员研究量增加的新趋势可能是进入住院医师培训竞争激烈的研究要求的结果。需要对新毕业生进行长期职业随访，以确定这是否能预测未来的研究生生产力，或者这是否只是成为一名整形外科医生的培训入学代价。
