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ArticleAesthetic plastic surgery2021

"A Sign of Things to Come: Training Research Output Long-Term Scholarship in Academic Plastic Surgery."

Alexander I Murphy, Joseph A Mellia, Fortunay Diatta, Kevin M Klifto, Martin P Morris, John P Fischer

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Article in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Alexander I MurphyDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39 th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3866-960X
Joseph A MelliaDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39 th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Fortunay DiattaDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39 th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Kevin M KliftoDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39 th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Martin P MorrisDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39 th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
John P FischerDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39 th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. John.Fischer2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

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backgroundsAcademic plastic surgery has utilized different methods to promote early involvement of trainees in research. Further analysis is needed to characterize the effects of this early emphasis and their impact on long-term academic contributions to the field.

methodsIn October 2020, a cross-sectional study of 949 faculty from US academic plastic surgery programs was conducted using publicly available websites. Training research output for each surgeon was compared to post-training research output and other metrics measuring sustained career scholarship.

resultsIncreased training publications (P< 0.0001) and citations (P< 0.0001) were associated with fewer years in practice. 727 surgeons (80.0%) had ≥ 1 research article, and this group proceeded to attain significantly higher mean post-training publications per year (3.04 ± 0.14 vs. 1.45 ± 0.13, P< 0.0001) and citations per year (72.12 ± 5.04 vs. 28.39 ± 3.49, P< 0.0001) compared to the 182 (20.0%) surgeons with no training publications. For individuals, total training publications were positively correlated with post-training publications per year (P< 0.0001), a relationship also observed for citations (P< 0.0001). When controlling for years in practice, increased training publications and/or citations were significantly associated with attaining academic professor track (versus clinical professor track) position, endowed professor status, journal board position, and NIH funding (P< 0.05 for all).

conclusionsThere is a trend of increasing research productivity during plastic surgery training, and increased training output is predictive of attaining multiple measures of career academic achievement. Academic plastic surgery should continue to underscore research participation as a valuable part of the training process. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors   www.springer.com/00266 .

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SurgeonsSurgery, PlasticCross-Sectional StudiesEfficiencyFellowships and ScholarshipsHumansCareer outcomesPlastic surgery trainingResearch outputResearch productivity

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