Publication in the Australian medical student journal is associated with future academic success: a matched-cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical student journals (MSJs) help to introduce the fundamentals of academic research and publication to future doctors. It has recently been shown that MSJs can influence doctors' future academic and professional success, however these findings have not been replicated in an Australian cohort. The aim of this study was to examine the association between publication in the Australian Medical Student Journal (AMSJ) and markers of a student's future academic trajectory, including future publication, attainment of higher academic degree or entry into specialist training.

Methods

Articles authored by medical students in the AMSJ from 2010 to 2015 were retrospectively identified. A list of these student authors was made, with university- and year- matched control stu

SUBMITTER: Wilton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9338663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature