A Nationwide Evaluation of Cardiothoracic Resident Research Productivity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating the research productivity of cardiothoracic surgery residents during their training and early career is crucial for tracking their academic development. To this end, the training pathway of residents and the characteristics of their program in relation to their productivity were evaluated.

Methods

Alumni lists from integrated 6-year thoracic surgery (I-6) and traditional thoracic surgery residency programs were collected. A Python script was used to search PubMed for publications and the iCite database for citations from each trainee. Publications during a 20-year time span were stratified by the year of publication in relation to the trainee's graduation from thoracic surgery residency. Trainees were analyzed by training program type, institutional ava

SUBMITTER: Narahari AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10842395 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature