Research Involvement during Orthopedic Surgery Training in Chile. How Frequently Do Residents Publish?

Abstract

Objective To determine the average number of indexed articles published per orthopedic resident in Chile, and, secondarily, to establish if protected research time for residents was associated with a higher number of publications.

Methods A transverse descriptive study was developed. A search for publications authored by orthopedic residents who graduated from Chilean programs between 2012 and 2016 was performed on the PubMed database. Articles with a publication date between 6 months after the beginning of the residency and 12 months postgraduation were included. Letters to the editor, articles not related to orthopedic surgery, and research projects with an institutional affiliation other than their training programs were excluded. Each residency curriculum was reviewed for protected time for research.

Results A total of 272 residents from 10 programs were included, and 72 articles fulfilled the selection criteria. The average rate of publication was of 0.26 ± 1.13 articles (range 0 to 13 articles) per resident during training. In total, 2 programs had an average publication rate higher than 1, and 89.4% of the Chilean residents did not publish an article during their training. None of the programs specified protected time for research.

Conclusions To our understanding, the present is the first study to describe the current state of research involvement among Chilean orthopedic residents. The average number of publications indexed on PubMed per orthopedic resident during training was 0.26 ± 1.13 articles. Only 10% of the residents publish an article during their residency. No correlation between protected time for research and the number of publications could be established.

Keywords

resident - research - orthopedics

Publication History

Received: 29 August 2020

Accepted: 02 June 2021

Article published online:
30 September 2021

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