Selection of subspecialty fellows in anesthesia for pediatric anesthesia: a national survey of program directors in the United States

Benzon, Hubert A.; Oliveira, Gildàsio S. De; Jagannathan, Narasimhan; Suresh, Santhanam

doi:10.1111/pan.12608

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“…Previous studies identified selection criteria for subspecialty fellowship programs in fields such as anesthesia, otolaryngology, orthopaedics and obstetrics and gynecology. However, very few studies investigate selection criteria of plastic surgery related fellowships 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .…”

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Hand Surgery Fellowship Selection Criteria: A National Fellowship Director Survey

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BackgroundCandidate characteristics for hand surgery fellowship training remains unknown, as very little data is available in the literature. This study aims to provide information on the criteria that are employed to select candidates for the hand surgery fellowship match.MethodsA 38-question survey was sent in April 2015 to all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recognized hand surgery fellowship program directors (n=81) involved in the U.S. match. The survey investigated factors used for the selection of applicants, including medical school, residency training, research experience, fellowship interview, and candidate characteristics. A 5-point Likert scale was used to grade 33 factors from “not at all important” (1) to “essential in making my decision” (5); or for five controversial factors from “very negative impact” (1) to “very positive impact in making my decision” (5).ResultsA total of 52% (42 out of 81) of responses were received from hand surgery fellowship program directors. The most important influential factors were interactions with faculty during interview and visit (4.6±0.6), interpersonal skills (4.6±0.5), overall interview performance in the selection process (4.6±0.6), professionalism and ethics (4.6±0.7), and letters of recommendation from hand surgeons (4.5±0.7). Factors that have a negative impact on the selection process include visa requirement (2.1±1.2), graduate of non-plastic surgery residency program (2.4±1.3), and graduate of a foreign medical school (2.4±1.1).ConclusionsThis study provides data on hand surgery fellowship directors’ perception on the criteria important for fellowship applicant selection, and showed that interview-related criteria and letters of recommendation are the important factors.

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Hand Surgery Fellowship Selection Criteria: A National Fellowship Director Survey

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“…We also excluded surveys that sample institutions (eg, surveys of fellowship program directors about characteristics of their fellowship program), as response rates to these surveys tend to be very high, possibly owing to respondents' perceived responsibility to complete the survey on behalf of their institution. 19,20 Furthermore, we evaluated quality and impact metrics among published studies, but did not analyze which survey characteristics influenced the likelihood of publication and did not include surveys reported only in the "grey literature" (eg, non-peer-reviewed reports) or surveys conducted internally within professional societies. An additional limitation of examining impact metrics is that only a small number of articles receive scholarly and public attention more than the typical article, such as the Baird et al paper.…”

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<p>Quality and Impact of Survey Research Among Anesthesiologists: A Systematic Review</p>

Geyer¹,

Miller²,

Kim³

et al. 2020

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New technology has facilitated survey research of anesthesia professional society members. We evaluated prevailing metrics of quality and impact of published research studies based on surveys of anesthesiologists. We hypothesized that adherence to recommended practices (such as use of reminders) would be associated with increased survey response rates, and that higher response rates would be associated with higher article impact. Using the MEDLINE database, we identified 45 English-language research articles published in 2010-2017 reporting original data from surveys of anesthesiologists. The median response rate was 37% (IQR: 25-46%). Recommended survey practices, including the use of reminders (p = 0.861) and validated questionnaires (p = 0.719), were not correlated with response rates. In turn, survey response rates were not associated with measures of article impact (p = 0.528). The impact of published research based on surveys of anesthesiologists, as measured by citation scores (p = 0.493) and Altmetrics (p = 0.826), may be driven primarily by the novel data or questions raised using survey methodology, but does not appear to be associated with response rates. Improving reporting of survey methodology and understanding possible sources of non-response bias are important for future studies in this area.

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“…E.g., only 39% of pediatric anesthesiology fellowship program directors rated research experience as extremely or very important when evaluating candidates. 23…”

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Progressive Increase in Scholarly Productivity of New American Board of Anesthesiology Diplomates From 2006 to 2016: A Bibliometric Analysis

Ford

Richman²,

Mayes

et al. 2019

Anesthesia &Amp; Analgesia

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Background-Improving research productivity is a common goal in academic anesthesiology. Initiatives to enhance scholarly productivity in anesthesiology were proposed more than a decade ago as a result of emphasis on clinical work. We hypothesized that American Board of Anesthesiology diplomates certified from 2006 to 2016 would be progressively more likely to have published at least once during this time period.Methods-A complete list of 17,332 new diplomates was obtained from the American Board of Anesthesiology for the years 2006 to 2016. These names were queried using PubMed, and the number of publications up to and including the diplomate's year of primary certification was recorded. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the association of the year of primary certification and whether a diplomate had published at least once.Results-The percentage of American Board of Anesthesiology diplomates with at least one publication at the time of primary certification increased from 14.9% to 29.3% from 2006 to 2016. The mean number of publications per diplomate more than doubled from 0.31 to 0.79. Logistic regression analysis revealed the year of primary certification as significantly associated with having at least one publication (p<0.001). Using 2006 as the reference year, odds of having

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Selection of subspecialty fellows in anesthesia for pediatric anesthesia: a national survey of program directors in the United States

Abstract: A minority of pediatric fellowship program directors rated prior research experience as an important factor in the selection of prospective fellows. The lack of emphasis on research qualities for fellows is potentially concerning for the future of our specialty.

Cited by 12 publications

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Hand Surgery Fellowship Selection Criteria: A National Fellowship Director Survey

Hand Surgery Fellowship Selection Criteria: A National Fellowship Director Survey

<p>Quality and Impact of Survey Research Among Anesthesiologists: A Systematic Review</p>

Progressive Increase in Scholarly Productivity of New American Board of Anesthesiology Diplomates From 2006 to 2016: A Bibliometric Analysis

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