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ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie

Research and surgical residency: moving beyond one-and-done projects and motivating for scholarly excellence.

Matthew G K Benesch, Alexander Mathieson, David E Pace

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Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matthew G K BeneschFrom the Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, N.L. (Benesch, Mathieson, Pace). mbenesch@mun.ca.
Alexander MathiesonFrom the Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, N.L. (Benesch, Mathieson, Pace).
David E PaceFrom the Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, N.L. (Benesch, Mathieson, Pace).

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among surgical residents, research is often perceived as a check-mark exercise. Focus then turns to studying for exams and honing skills for independent practice. While some residents are passionate about research and enroll in other formalized training, pragmatists argue that not every surgeon should engage in research at this level. However, no resident should view research as a one-and-done activity. Rather, research should be viewed as an exercise to improve practice, share gaps in knowledge, collaborate, and empower others to formally study and implement change. The skills acquired during research experiences, at minimum, have value in improving the trainee's literature literacy, which in turn serves as a foundational element of continuing medical education. A culture supportive of scientific discovery, facilitated by both faculty and peer-to-peer mentorship, will result in better collaborative efforts and lead to improved knowledge generation and resident research satisfaction.

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Biomedical ResearchInternship and ResidencyHumans

Identifiers

PMID35902106
PMCPMC9343012

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