Impact of resident research publication on early-career publication success

Abstract

Purpose The impact of resident research publication on early-career publication success was evaluated. Methods This study included a retrospective cohort of pharmacy residents’ abstracts presented at the Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference (GLPRC). Published residency research projects at GLPRC were matched 1:1 to unpublished projects. Residents were followed forward for five years to identify early career publications (post-residency publication-positive) versus no publications (post-residency publication-negative). The following characteristics of post-residency publication-positive and publication-negative residents were compared; publication of residency project, university-affiliated residencies, median number and interquartile range of coinvestigators, presence or absence of a physician coinvestigators, highest nonphysician H-index of coinvestigators, and nonphysician H-index ≥ 1 for any coinvestigator (indicating that a coinvestigator has previously published and been cited). Results A total of 152 abstracts were reviewed (76 published and 76 unpublished projects). Using a predefined systematic search strategy, 55 former residents had a postresidency publication within 5 years after presenting their project at the GLPRC. Of the former residents who published their residency project, 38 (50%) were postresidency publication-positive, while 17 former residents (22.4%) who did not publish their residency research project were postresidency publication positive. Univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that publication of the pharmacy resident research project and a university-affiliated residency program was positively associated with postresidency publication success. Conclusions Pharmacy residents who published their residency research project after its presentation at GLPRC were twice as likely to have a publication success within five years compared with residents who did not publish their residency project. A university-affiliated residency was associated with postresidency publication success within five year after project presentation.

Critical Care PGY-2 Graduate Perceptions and Practices Regarding Residency Project Publication

“…10,11 Publication of the primary research project is potentially an objective measure of the quality of any residency program's research activities and has also been shown to be a predictor for future scholarly success among graduates. 12 A better understanding of the barriers surrounding publication of the research project among PGY2 graduates is critical for identifying strategies that will enable PGY2 residents to publish their project after graduation. We sought to measure the success of recent PGY2 critical care pharmacy graduates in publishing their research project and to characterize their practices and perceptions associated with its publication.…”

“…The employers of PGY2 graduates should be encourage to provide their new staff/faculty with more time for PGY2 project publication given research being a well-recognized core activity for critical care pharmacists and data from our survey and others showing that publication of the PGY2 research project is associated with a greater likelihood to engage in future research activities. 12,27,28 An important disconnect exists between PGY2 graduates motivated to publish their research project but who feel that it lacks the degree of innovation and/or methodological rigor to be published.…”

Promoting scholarship in a community-based internal medicine residency

“…This is not a new observation. Past investigations have clearly demonstrated that evidence of scholarship during residency is related to late scholarship produced following the completion of postgraduate medical education [11,14]. …”

Road Map for Research Training in the Residency Learning Experience

“…6 Almost 80% of former pharmacy residents in a surveyed cohort expressed the desire to pursue scholarly activity beyond their residency project, 7 and those who publish their residency research are twice as likely to publish another manuscript within the next 5 years. 8 Unfortunately, despite this desire, dissemination of the results from residency research projects in published, peer-review form is relatively low, and many former residents do not incorporate scholarly activity into their careers after completing residency training. 9 Only 4% to 26% of pharmacy residents’ research projects end up published, 9 -15 with varying degrees of impact on patient care.…”