Contemporary Trends in Radiation Oncology Resident Research
Abstract
Purpose: To test the hypothesis that recent resident research productivity might be different than a decade ago, and to provide contemporary information about resident scholarly activity. Methods and Materials: We compiled a list of radiation oncology residents from the 2 most recent graduating classes (June 2014 and 2015) using the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology annual directories. We queried the PubMed database for each resident's first-authored publications from postgraduate years (PGY) 2 through 5, plus a 3-month period after residency completion. We abstracted corresponding historical data for 2002 to 2007 from the benchmark publication by Morgan and colleagues (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009;74:1567-1572). We tested the null hypothesis that these 2 samples had the same distribution for number of publications using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. We explored the association of demographic factors and publication number using multivariable zero-inflated Poisson regression. Results: There were 334 residents publishing 659 eligible first-author publications during residency (range 0-17; interquartile range 0-3; mean 2.0; median 1). The contemporary and historical distributions were significantly different (P<.001); contemporary publication rates were higher. Publications accrued late in residency (27% in PGY-4, 59% in PGY-5), and most were original research (75%). In the historical cohort, half ofmore »
- Authors:
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska (United States)
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22645713
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; BENCHMARKS; EVALUATION; HYPOTHESIS; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; TRAINING
Citation Formats
Verma, Vivek, Burt, Lindsay, Gimotty, Phyllis A., and Ojerholm, Eric. Contemporary Trends in Radiation Oncology Resident Research. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/J.IJROBP.2016.08.005.
Verma, Vivek, Burt, Lindsay, Gimotty, Phyllis A., & Ojerholm, Eric. Contemporary Trends in Radiation Oncology Resident Research. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJROBP.2016.08.005
Verma, Vivek, Burt, Lindsay, Gimotty, Phyllis A., and Ojerholm, Eric. 2016.
"Contemporary Trends in Radiation Oncology Resident Research". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJROBP.2016.08.005.
@article{osti_22645713,
title = {Contemporary Trends in Radiation Oncology Resident Research},
author = {Verma, Vivek and Burt, Lindsay and Gimotty, Phyllis A. and Ojerholm, Eric},
abstractNote = {Purpose: To test the hypothesis that recent resident research productivity might be different than a decade ago, and to provide contemporary information about resident scholarly activity. Methods and Materials: We compiled a list of radiation oncology residents from the 2 most recent graduating classes (June 2014 and 2015) using the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology annual directories. We queried the PubMed database for each resident's first-authored publications from postgraduate years (PGY) 2 through 5, plus a 3-month period after residency completion. We abstracted corresponding historical data for 2002 to 2007 from the benchmark publication by Morgan and colleagues (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009;74:1567-1572). We tested the null hypothesis that these 2 samples had the same distribution for number of publications using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. We explored the association of demographic factors and publication number using multivariable zero-inflated Poisson regression. Results: There were 334 residents publishing 659 eligible first-author publications during residency (range 0-17; interquartile range 0-3; mean 2.0; median 1). The contemporary and historical distributions were significantly different (P<.001); contemporary publication rates were higher. Publications accrued late in residency (27% in PGY-4, 59% in PGY-5), and most were original research (75%). In the historical cohort, half of all articles were published in 3 journals; in contrast, the top half of contemporary publications were spread over 10 journals—most commonly International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (17%), Practical Radiation Oncology (7%), and Radiation Oncology (4%). Male gender, non-PhD status, and larger residency size were associated with higher number of publications in the multivariable analysis. Conclusion: We observed an increase in first-author publications during training compared with historical data from the mid-2000s. These contemporary figures may be useful to medical students considering radiation oncology, current residents, training programs, and prospective employers.},
doi = {10.1016/J.IJROBP.2016.08.005},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22645713},
journal = {International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics},
issn = {0360-3016},
number = 4,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}