Joshi Aditya, Oni Julius K, Schwarzkopf Ran, Patel Nirav K
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York.
J Arthroplasty. 2025 Jul;40(7):1881-1884.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.12.003. Epub 2024 Dec 6.
Traveling fellowships, such as the Hip Society Rothman-Ranawat fellowship, offer orthopaedic surgeons the opportunity to enhance their skills, conduct research, and gain mentorship at top orthopaedic centers. This study aimed to assess the impact of the Hip Society Rothman-Ranawat traveling fellowship on an adult reconstruction surgeon's career.
A non-incentivized online survey was distributed to the 40 past recipients of the Hip Society Rothman-Ranawat traveling fellowship spanning from 2013 to 2023. The survey comprised short-answer questions and multiple-choice questions to evaluate the impact of the traveling fellowship. Surgeon publication counts and h-indexes were extracted from the Scopus database before the fellowship and at intervals of 3 years, 5 years, and the present post fellowship. Quantitative metrics were adjusted based on the time elapsed since the surgeon completed the fellowship and compared using paired-sample t-tests. This study had a 95% response rate (n = 38).
Following the completion of the fellowship, we observed an increase in publication count and h-index at various intervals compared to the time before the fellowship. The mean annual percentage increase in publication count was 25.6% at the 3-year mark, 37.6% at the 5-year mark, and 29.4% at the present time, all relative to the publication count before the fellowship. Similarly, the mean annual percentage increase in the h-index was 9.7% at the 3-year mark, 9.6% at the 5-year mark, and 4.1% at the present time, all compared to the h-index before the fellowship. Qualitative measures showed previous fellows endorsed that the fellowship positively changed their clinical practice (84% agreement), expanded their network (97% agreement), increased research productivity (82% agreement), and improved surgical technique (74% agreement).
Responses from past Hip Society Rothman-Ranawat traveling fellows suggest that participating in the fellowship positively influenced their career trajectories.
诸如髋关节协会罗斯曼 - 拉纳瓦特奖学金之类的访问学者项目，为骨科医生提供了在顶尖骨科中心提升技能、开展研究以及获得指导的机会。本研究旨在评估髋关节协会罗斯曼 - 拉纳瓦特访问学者项目对成人重建外科医生职业生涯的影响。
向2013年至2023年期间40位髋关节协会罗斯曼 - 拉纳瓦特访问学者项目的往届获得者发放了一份无激励的在线调查问卷。该调查包括简答题和多项选择题，以评估访问学者项目的影响。外科医生的发表论文数量和h指数是从Scopus数据库中在获得奖学金之前、之后3年、5年以及当前的时间点提取的。定量指标根据外科医生完成奖学金项目后的时间间隔进行调整，并使用配对样本t检验进行比较。本研究的回复率为95%（n = 38）。
在完成奖学金项目后，与获得奖学金之前相比，我们观察到在不同时间间隔的发表论文数量和h指数均有所增加。相对于获得奖学金之前的发表论文数量，发表论文数量的年均增长率在3年时为25.6%，5年时为37.6%，目前为29.4%。同样，相对于获得奖学金之前的h指数，h指数的年均增长率在3年时为9.7%，5年时为9.6%，目前为4.1%。定性分析表明，往届学者认可该奖学金项目对他们的临床实践产生了积极影响（84%表示认同）、拓展了人脉（97%表示认同）、提高了研究效率（82%表示认同）以及改进了手术技术（74%表示认同）。
髋关节协会罗斯曼 - 拉纳瓦特访问学者项目往届学者的反馈表明，参与该项目对他们的职业发展轨迹产生了积极影响。
