Medical Student Publications in Neurosurgery: At Which U.S. Academic Institutions Do Medical Students Publish Most?

Price, Gabrielle; Lakomkin, Nikita; Kamat, Samir; Baron, Rebecca B; Scherschinski, Lea; Hadjipanayis, Constantinos

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.12.045

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“…14 A positive univariable correlation between medical student first-author publications and the number of affiliated neurosurgery faculty was also previously described. 15 Our analysis confirms that gender disparities arise at an early stage in medical training independently from differences in degree attainment, IMG status, or affiliated institution research ranking. It remains unclear, however, if preresidency publication metrics accurately predict performance and academic success during and after residency, and this topic deserves further study.…”

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“…13 Preresidency bibliometric analyses have been conducted in neurosurgery, but no gender comparisons were performed. 14,15 On univariable analysis, preresidency total publications were associated with a PhD degree and attending a medical school affiliated with a department that was highly ranked in research; no multivariable analysis was conducted. 14 A positive univariable correlation between medical student first-author publications and the number of affiliated neurosurgery faculty was also previously described.…”

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Recruitment of women in neurosurgery: a 7-year quantitative analysis

Feghali

Antar

Wicks

et al. 2023

Journal of Neurosurgery

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OBJECTIVE The authors aimed to characterize which US medical schools have the most female neurosurgery residents and to identify potential associations between medical school characteristics and successful recruitment of women pursuing a neurosurgery career. METHODS The authors evaluated a total of 1572 residents in US neurosurgery programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as of February 2021, representing match cohorts from 2014 to 2020. The authors extracted US medical school characteristics and ranked schools based on the percentages of women graduates entering neurosurgery. They additionally studied yearly trends of the percentage of women constituting incoming neurosurgery resident cohorts as well as associations between female recruitment percentage and medical school characteristics using univariable and stepwise multivariable linear regression (including significant univariable factors). RESULTS The cohort consisted of 1255 male and 317 (20%) female residents. Yearly trends indicated a significant drop in incoming female residents in 2016, followed by significant increases in 2017 and 2019. On multivariable analysis, the following factors were associated with a higher average percentage of female graduates entering neurosurgery: total affiliated neurosurgery clinical faculty (β = 0.006, 95% CI 0.001–0.011, p = 0.01), allopathic versus osteopathic schools (β = 0.231, 95% CI 0.053–0.409, p = 0.01), and top 10 U.S. News & World Report ranking (β = 0.380, 95% CI 0.129–0.589, p < 0.01). When the number of female clinical faculty was added to the model, the variable was not statistically significant. Multivariable bibliometric analyses indicated a higher mean preresidency H-index for men, with an even greater gender difference identified in the 2021 H-index. CONCLUSIONS This study characterizes which medical schools are most successful at recruiting female students who constituted the total neurosurgery resident workforce of the 2020–2021 academic year. The overall number of clinical neurosurgery faculty rather than faculty gender was independently associated with female recruitment. Gender differences in research productivity persisted with control for confounders and increased between preresidency and 2021 time points. Such understanding of factors that influence the recruitment of women can help improve female representation in neurosurgery residency training moving forward.

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Section: Disparity In Research Productivitysupporting

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Section: Disparity In Research Productivitymentioning

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Recruitment of women in neurosurgery: a 7-year quantitative analysis

Feghali

Antar

Wicks

et al. 2023

Journal of Neurosurgery

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“…However, no established systemic structure exists for medical student involvement in research and medical student participation in scholarly activity varies greatly between institutions, as research availability and medical student involvement on publications are unequally distributed. 8 Prior reports have shown students who participate in research years, extending their medical education, have higher success in matching into various competitive surgical subspecialties, including otolaryngology, plastic surgery, and orthopedic surgery. 6 , 9 , 10 Medical students at top-tier and highly funded institutions are more likely to have publications and are more likely to participate in research fellowships, likely secondary to increased opportunities.…”

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Rapid increase in departmental scholarly activity independent of residents demonstrates reproducibility and success of intensive research initiative in neurosurgery department

Varela,

Schmidt,

Bowers

2024

World Neurosurgery: X

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“…The development in the neurosurgical field can be measured with a variety of parameters, with the research activity reflecting a critical aspect of the program, institutional, and national quality of education and health care. [ 26 , 64 ] One of the critical components of assessing and evaluating any country’s research activity is to emphasize its history. Currently, medical education in Iraq faces multiple challenges that are influenced by multiple factors.…”

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Academic productivity of Iraqi medical students in the field of neurosurgery: A literature review

Ismail

Algburi

Al-Khazaal

et al. 2023

Surgical Neurology International

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Background: The interest in clinical research is growing worldwide, and the involvement of medical students in academic and clinical research is increasing. Medical students in Iraq have started to focus on academic activities. However, this trend is in its infancy due to limited resources and the war burden. Their interest in the field of Neurosurgery has been evolving recently. This is the first paper that aims to assess the status of the academic productivity of Iraqi medical students within the neurosurgical field. Methods: We searched the PubMed Medline database and Google scholar between January 2020 and December 2022 with a different combination of keywords. Additional results were obtained by individually searching for all the medical universities in Iraq that participated in the neurosurgical literature. Results: Between January 2020 and December 2022, 60 neurosurgical publications included Iraqi medical students. 47 Iraqi medical students from 9 universities (the University of Baghdad 28 students, followed by 6 students from the University of Al-Nahrain, and others) were involved in these 60 neurosurgery publications. The topics of these publications are “vascular neurosurgery” (n = 36) followed by “neurotrauma” (n = 11). Conclusion: Academic productivity of Iraqi medical students in the field of Neurosurgery has surged in the last 3 years. In the past 3 years, 47 Iraqi medical students from nine different Iraqi universities contributed to sixty international neurosurgical publications. However, there are challenges that are required to be tackled to establish a research-friendly environment despite wars and restrained resources.

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Medical Student Publications in Neurosurgery: At Which U.S. Academic Institutions Do Medical Students Publish Most?

Cited by 24 publications

References 21 publications

Recruitment of women in neurosurgery: a 7-year quantitative analysis

Recruitment of women in neurosurgery: a 7-year quantitative analysis

Rapid increase in departmental scholarly activity independent of residents demonstrates reproducibility and success of intensive research initiative in neurosurgery department

Academic productivity of Iraqi medical students in the field of neurosurgery: A literature review

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