Journal article
Urology Resident Publication Output and Its Relationship to Future Academic Achievement
The Journal of urology, Vol.185(2), pp.642-646
2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.097
PMCID: PMC3565588
PMID: 21168863
Abstract
Purpose: Scholarly research is considered by many to be an important component of residency training but little is known about the quantity and types of publications produced by urology residents. To our knowledge whether publication efforts during residency predict future academic publication performance is also unknown. We evaluated resident productivity, as measured by peer reviewed publication output, and determined its relation to future publication output as junior faculty.
Materials and methods: We assembled a list of graduating residents from 2002 to 2004 who were affiliated with the top 50 urology hospitals, as ranked in 2009 by U.S. News&World Report. PubMed® was queried to determine the publication total in the last 3 years of residency of each individual and during years 2 to 4 after residency graduation. Resident publication output was stratified by research time and fellowship training. The relationship between resident productivity and future achievement was assessed.
Results: We assessed the publication output of 251 urologists from a total of 34 training programs affiliated with the top 50 urology hospitals. Subjects published a mean total of 3.5 and a mean of 2.0 first author papers during training. Greater research time during residency was associated with increased productivity during and after residency. Publication during training correlated with publication during the early academic career.
Conclusions: Publication output correlated with increasing dedicated research time and was associated with the pursuit of fellowship training and an academic career. Publication during residency predicted future academic achievement.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Urology Resident Publication Output and Its Relationship to Future Academic Achievement
- Creators
- Glen YANG - Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United StatesUwais B ZAID - Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United StatesBradley A ERICKSON - Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United StatesSarah D BLASCHKO - Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United StatesPeter R CARROLL - Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United StatesBenjamin N BREYER - Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of urology, Vol.185(2), pp.642-646
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.097
- PMID
- 21168863
- PMCID
- PMC3565588
- NLM abbreviation
- J Urol
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
- eISSN
- 1527-3792
- Publisher
- Elsevier; New York, NY
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2011
- Academic Unit
- Urology
- Record Identifier
- 9984051739102771
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