Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Dermatology
Date Submitted: Apr 28, 2021
Date Accepted: Jul 28, 2021
Date Submitted to PubMed: Aug 26, 2023
An Analysis of Publication Trends and Its Relationship with Academic Success Among Dermatology Residency Graduates
ABSTRACT
Background:
Involvement in scholarly activities is considered to be one of the foundational pillars of medical education. Thus, we investigated publication rates before, during, and after residency to determine whether research productivity throughout medical training correlates with future academic successes.
Objective:
We investigated publication rates before, during, and after residency to determine whether research productivity throughout medical training correlates with future academic successes.
Methods:
We successfully identified a list of 296 graduates from 25 U.S. dermatology residency programs from the years 2013-2015. Publication history for each graduate was compiled using SCOPUS, PubMed, and Google Scholar. Pearson correlation test and linear regression were used to assess for a relationship between research productivity and continued academic success after residency graduation.
Results:
Before residency, graduates published a mean of 1.9 total publications (SD=3.5) and a mean of 0.88 first-author publications (SD=1.5). During residency, graduates published a mean of 2.7 total publications (SD=3.6) and a mean of 1.39 first-author publications (SD=2.0). Graduates who pursued a fellowship had more total publications (t294=-4.0, p <.001), first-author author publications (t294=-3.9, p <.001), and higher h-index (t294= -3.8, p <.002). Graduates who chose to pursue careers in academic medicine had a higher number of mean total publications (t294=-7.5, p <.0001), first author publications (t294=-5.9, p <.0001), and mean h-index (t294=-6.9, p <.0001). Graduates with one or more first author publications before residency were 1.3 times more likely to pursue a career in academic medicine (aOR 1.3, 95% CI 1.1-1.5). Graduates who pursued a fellowship were also 1.9 times more likely to pursue a career in academic medicine (aOR 1.9, 95% CI 1.2-3.2).
Conclusions:
Our results suggest that research productivity before and during residency training are potential markers for continued academic success after completing dermatology residency training.
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