Samadzadeh Tabrizi Nika, Shen Michelle, Shapeton Alexander D, Doshi Isha, Liu Junyi, Fabian Thomas, Chan Patrick
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albany Medical Center, New York, NY.
JTCVS Open. 2024 Dec 4;23:369-378. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.11.017. eCollection 2025 Feb.
Research productivity is an important factor in candidate selection by integrated thoracic surgery residency programs, and thus tracking the research output of applicants who match into an integrated program is necessary. This study sought to examine the research productivity of matched integrated applicants prior to residency and to assess demographic, bibliographic, and institutional variables associated with continued research productivity during residency.
Bibliographic records of applicants who matched into an integrated thoracic surgery residency program from 2015 to 2022 were reviewed manually (eg, PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Google Scholar, ResearchGate) to identify studies published up to January 2024. Publications were stratified by publication type and first authorship relative to the applicants' match year. Individuals were analyzed by demographics, medical school ranking, and affiliated residency program research infrastructure.
A total of 300 matched integrated applicants were identified. Among applicants who matched into an integrated program, the number of total ( = .001) and first-authorship ( = .006) publications prior to residency increased significantly from 2015 to 2022. Over the same period, the rates of total ( = .2) and first-authorship ( = .3) publications during residency remained relatively unchanged. Matched integrated applicants with a higher number of total and first-authorship publications prior to residency had higher rates of total publications (1.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09-1.25; < .001) and first-authorship publications (1.19; 95% CI, 1.13-1.26; < .001) publications during residency.
Research productivity among applicants who matched into an integrated thoracic surgery residency program from 2015 to 2022 has increased and is a strong predictor of sustained scholarly output during residency.
研究生产力是胸外科综合住院医师培训项目选拔候选人的重要因素，因此有必要追踪匹配到综合项目的申请人的研究产出。本研究旨在考察匹配到综合项目的申请人在住院医师培训前的研究生产力，并评估与住院医师培训期间持续研究生产力相关的人口统计学、文献学和机构变量。
人工查阅2015年至2022年匹配到胸外科综合住院医师培训项目的申请人的文献记录（如PubMed/MEDLINE、Scopus、谷歌学术、ResearchGate），以确定截至2024年1月发表的研究。出版物按出版类型和相对于申请人匹配年份的第一作者身份进行分层。根据人口统计学、医学院排名和附属住院医师培训项目的研究基础设施对个体进行分析。
共确定了300名匹配到综合项目的申请人。在匹配到综合项目的申请人中，2015年至2022年住院医师培训前的总出版物数量（P = 0.001）和第一作者出版物数量（P = 0.006）显著增加。在同一时期，住院医师培训期间的总出版物率（P = 0.2）和第一作者出版物率（P = 0.3）保持相对不变。住院医师培训前总出版物和第一作者出版物数量较多的匹配到综合项目的申请人，在住院医师培训期间的总出版物率（1.17；95%置信区间[CI]，1.09 - 1.25；P < 0.001）和第一作者出版物率（1.19；95%CI，1.13 - 1.26；P < 0.001）更高。
2015年至2022年匹配到胸外科综合住院医师培训项目的申请人的研究生产力有所提高，并且是住院医师培训期间持续学术产出的有力预测指标。
