The impact of training and practice environment on academic productivity of early career academic neurosurgeons.

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Citation: World Neurosurgery. 2018 Oct 10PMID: 30315984Institution: MedStar Washington Hospital CenterDepartment: NeurosurgeryForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal ArticleSubject headings: *Academic Medical Centers/mt [Methods] | *Career Choice | *Education, Medical, Graduate/td [Trends] | *Neurosurgery/ed [Education] | Academic Medical Centers/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data] | Academic Medical Centers/td [Trends] | Cohort Studies | Female | Humans | Male | Statistics, Nonparametric | United StatesYear: 2019ISSN:
  • 1878-8750
Name of journal: World neurosurgeryAbstract: CONCLUSION: There is a correlation between the early-career academic neurosurgeons' h-indexes and the ranking of all the institutions throughout their education, training and current employment, but the strongest correlation was with the academic productivity of their residency program.Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc.INTRODUCTION: Factors affecting academic productivity of neurosurgeons are increasingly being studied. In the current investigation, we retrospectively reviewed a cohort of early-career neurosurgeons to determine if their medical education, residency training, or academic employer had the most influence on a young academician's productivity.METHODS: We studied early-career neurosurgeons who completed residency in US-based neurosurgical training programs between 2010 and 2014. The ranking of an individual subject's medical school, residency and current academic employer were analyzed for correlation with his/her current h-index.RESULTS: The neurosurgeons with the highest h-indexes are more likely to have attended elite medical schools, trained in high-ranking residency programs and work for prestigious university departments (p< 0.0001). Furthermore, we identified a positive correlation between the subjects' academic productivity and the ranking of all the institutions throughout their medical education, training, and current employment. The strongest correlation was with the rank of their residency program (rho = 0.52).All authors: Felbaum DR, Jean WCFiscal year: FY2019Digital Object Identifier: Date added to catalog: 2018-11-02
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CONCLUSION: There is a correlation between the early-career academic neurosurgeons' h-indexes and the ranking of all the institutions throughout their education, training and current employment, but the strongest correlation was with the academic productivity of their residency program.

Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc.

INTRODUCTION: Factors affecting academic productivity of neurosurgeons are increasingly being studied. In the current investigation, we retrospectively reviewed a cohort of early-career neurosurgeons to determine if their medical education, residency training, or academic employer had the most influence on a young academician's productivity.

METHODS: We studied early-career neurosurgeons who completed residency in US-based neurosurgical training programs between 2010 and 2014. The ranking of an individual subject's medical school, residency and current academic employer were analyzed for correlation with his/her current h-index.

RESULTS: The neurosurgeons with the highest h-indexes are more likely to have attended elite medical schools, trained in high-ranking residency programs and work for prestigious university departments (p< 0.0001). Furthermore, we identified a positive correlation between the subjects' academic productivity and the ranking of all the institutions throughout their medical education, training, and current employment. The strongest correlation was with the rank of their residency program (rho = 0.52).

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