Abstract
Introduction: Due to the importance of research outcomes in academia, we wanted to measure research outcomes from urology residents from the 2013-2015 graduating classes and compare those to their future publications, and post-residency placements. In addition, we will be analyzing residents' research outcomes prior to residency and whether or not they went into academia.
Methods: We randomly selected 50 urology residency programs using the 2019-2020 Doximity residency navigator. We collected public records of the residents' names that graduated from our included residencies during 2013, 2014, and 2015. In addition, we recorded where these residents placed upon graduation, such as fellowship placement, private practice, or academics. If the information was not available, we directly contacted each program. We used SCOPUS to record each resident’s research publication history. A list of publications was extracted from each resident in our sample. Extracted data were sorted into the following time cohorts: pre-residency, residency (5 years), and post-residency.
Results: Of the 50 residency programs, 28 (56%) provided records of resident information and were included in the study. Collectively, 198 graduates published 2,649 publications. Urology graduates had a mean of 1.5 (SD 2.6) publications before residency, 4.5 (SD 4.8) during residency, and 7.4 (SD 10.2) after residency. A moderate positive correlation was found between the number of publications obtained during and after residency (r = 0.45). Weak correlations were found between publications obtained before and during residency (r = 0.22) and publications before and after residency (r = 0.11). Graduates who later pursued a fellowship had more publications (t196 = - 6.0, P < 0.001) and more first-author publications (t196 = - 6.2, P < 0.001). Those who have received 6 or more publications prior to residency were 3.3 (95% CI: 1.04 -10.62, p = 0.04) times more likely to go into academics. In comparison, those who have received 6 or more publications during residency were 2.3 (95% CI: 1.18 - 4.29, p = 0.013) times more likely to go into academics.
Conclusion: We discovered that those who publish more research prior to graduating residency tend to continue their career in a fellowship and academics. There is a weak correlation between medical school outcomes and post-residency outcomes. However, those with 6 or more publications prior to residency were more likely to go into academia. This raises the question of whether or not medical school research outcomes should be a consideration to residency programs that hope to produce academic urologists.
Funding: N/A
Methods: We randomly selected 50 urology residency programs using the 2019-2020 Doximity residency navigator. We collected public records of the residents' names that graduated from our included residencies during 2013, 2014, and 2015. In addition, we recorded where these residents placed upon graduation, such as fellowship placement, private practice, or academics. If the information was not available, we directly contacted each program. We used SCOPUS to record each resident’s research publication history. A list of publications was extracted from each resident in our sample. Extracted data were sorted into the following time cohorts: pre-residency, residency (5 years), and post-residency.
Results: Of the 50 residency programs, 28 (56%) provided records of resident information and were included in the study. Collectively, 198 graduates published 2,649 publications. Urology graduates had a mean of 1.5 (SD 2.6) publications before residency, 4.5 (SD 4.8) during residency, and 7.4 (SD 10.2) after residency. A moderate positive correlation was found between the number of publications obtained during and after residency (r = 0.45). Weak correlations were found between publications obtained before and during residency (r = 0.22) and publications before and after residency (r = 0.11). Graduates who later pursued a fellowship had more publications (t196 = - 6.0, P < 0.001) and more first-author publications (t196 = - 6.2, P < 0.001). Those who have received 6 or more publications prior to residency were 3.3 (95% CI: 1.04 -10.62, p = 0.04) times more likely to go into academics. In comparison, those who have received 6 or more publications during residency were 2.3 (95% CI: 1.18 - 4.29, p = 0.013) times more likely to go into academics.
Conclusion: We discovered that those who publish more research prior to graduating residency tend to continue their career in a fellowship and academics. There is a weak correlation between medical school outcomes and post-residency outcomes. However, those with 6 or more publications prior to residency were more likely to go into academia. This raises the question of whether or not medical school research outcomes should be a consideration to residency programs that hope to produce academic urologists.
Funding: N/A
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages | 317 |
| State | Published - 2 Oct 2021 |
| Event | Annual Meeting of the South Central Section of the AUA - Scottsdale, Arizona Duration: 29 Sep 2021 → 2 Oct 2021 |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Meeting of the South Central Section of the AUA |
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| City | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Period | 29/09/21 → 2/10/21 |