Journal article
Association for Academic Surgery Perceptions of General Surgery Program Leadership and Residents on Research Sabbatical
The Journal of surgical research, Vol.289, pp.152-157
09/01/2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.03.039
PMID: 37119616
Abstract
Introduction: The incorporation of a 1-y-or 2-y research period during general surgery residency is increasingly common in many academic programs, yet often, it is heteroge-neously structured and ill-defined. This survey-based observational study aimed to char-acterize the perceptions of general surgery program directors (PDs) and residents regarding an in-training, dedicated research sabbatical.Methods: Two surveys were conducted using Qualtrics software. One survey was sent to general surgery residency PDs, and the other was sent to general surgery residents currently on a research sabbatical. The primary aim of the survey was to assess the PDs' and research residents' perceptions of the research sabbatical.Results: Seven hundred and fifty-two surveys were analyzed, of which 120 were from PDs and 632 from research residents. Among the residents, 44.1% felt that the research time delayed their surgical training. Regarding research funding, 46.7% of the responding resi-dents said that their residency program funded their research, 30.9% said they acquired funding independently, and 19.1% said that it came from a combination of residency pro-gram and independent funding. Finally, regarding how residents found their research op-portunity, 42.7% said they found it independently and 53.3% said their program provided it.Conclusions: Research sabbaticals during residency may be considered essential to aca-demic development. However, in this survey-based study, perceptions of research time and its structure varied greatly between PDs and residents. An intentional push toward developing guidelines for research sabbaticals may benefit residency program leadership and residents.(c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Association for Academic Surgery Perceptions of General Surgery Program Leadership and Residents on Research Sabbatical
- Creators
- Hassan Aziz - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsAlyssa C. Brown - United States Air ForceSaba Alvi - Tufts Medical CenterManish Karamchandani - Tufts Medical CenterMonica Majumdar - Tufts Medical CenterMaura E. Sullivan - University of Southern CaliforniaMohammed A. Bawazeer - Tufts Medical Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of surgical research, Vol.289, pp.152-157
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jss.2023.03.039
- PMID
- 37119616
- ISSN
- 0022-4804
- eISSN
- 1095-8673
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984701542202771
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