VTechWorks staff will be away for the winter holidays starting Tuesday, December 24, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and will not be replying to requests during this time. Thank you for your patience, and happy holidays!
 

Residency Program Directors' Views on Research Conducted During Medical School: A National Survey

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorWolfson, Rachel K.en
dc.contributor.authorFairchild, Paige C.en
dc.contributor.authorBahner, Ingriden
dc.contributor.authorBaxa, Dwayne M.en
dc.contributor.authorBirnbaum, Deborah R.en
dc.contributor.authorChaudhry, Sarwat I.en
dc.contributor.authorChretien, Katherine C.en
dc.contributor.authorDefranco, Donald B.en
dc.contributor.authorDeptola, Amber Z.en
dc.contributor.authorLaConte, Leslie E. W.en
dc.contributor.authorLin, Jenny J.en
dc.contributor.authorLee, Leslie Petchen
dc.contributor.authorPowers, Maureen A.en
dc.contributor.authorRopson, Ira J.en
dc.contributor.authorSankaran, Saumya M.en
dc.contributor.authorSawarynski, Kara E.en
dc.contributor.authorSozio, Stephen M.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T13:49:34Zen
dc.date.available2024-02-01T13:49:34Zen
dc.date.issued2023-04-21en
dc.description.abstractPurpose: With the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 transition to pass/fail in 2022, uncertainty exists regarding how other residency application components, including research conducted during medical school, will inform interview and ranking decisions. The authors explore program director (PD) views on medical student research, the importance of disseminating that work, and the translatable skill set of research participation. Method: Surveys were distributed to all U.S. residency PDs and remained open from August to November 2021 to query the importance of research participation in assessing applicants, whether certain types of research were more valued, productivity measures that reflect meaningful research participation, and traits for which research serves as a proxy. The survey also queried whether research would be more important without a numeric Step 1 score and the importance of research vs other application components. Results: A total of 885 responses from 393 institutions were received. Ten PDs indicated that research is not considered when reviewing applicants, leaving 875 responses for analysis. Among 873 PDs (2 nonrespondents), 358 (41.0%) replied that meaningful research participation will be more important in offering interviews. A total of 164 of 304 most competitive specialties (53.9%) reported increased research importance compared with 99 of 282 competitive (35.1%) and 95 of 287 least competitive (33.1%) specialties. PDs reported that meaningful research participation demonstrated intellectual curiosity (545 [62.3%]), critical and analytical thinking skills (482 [55.1%]), and self-directed learning skills (455 [52.0%]). PDs from the most competitive specialties were significantly more likely to indicate that they value basic science research vs PDs from the least competitive specialties. Conclusions: This study demonstrates how PDs value research in their review of applicants, what they perceive research represents in an applicant, and how these views are shifting as the Step 1 exam transitions to pass/fail.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 1185-1195en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000005256en
dc.identifier.eissn1938-808Xen
dc.identifier.issn1040-2446en
dc.identifier.issue10en
dc.identifier.orcidLaConte, Leslie [0000-0003-3747-0973]en
dc.identifier.other00001888-990000000-00430 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid37099328en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/117774en
dc.identifier.volume98en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAssociation of American Medical Collegesen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37099328en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectMedical schoolen
dc.subjectMedical researchen
dc.subjectResidency program directorsen
dc.subject.meshHumansen
dc.subject.meshMedicineen
dc.subject.meshInternship and Residencyen
dc.subject.meshSchools, Medicalen
dc.subject.meshLicensureen
dc.subject.meshUnited Statesen
dc.subject.meshSurveys and Questionnairesen
dc.titleResidency Program Directors' Views on Research Conducted During Medical School: A National Surveyen
dc.title.serialAcademic Medicineen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherJournal Articleen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Faculty of Health Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/VT Carilion School of Medicineen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/VT Carilion School of Medicine/VTC School of Medicine - Instr Pgmsen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Residency Program Directors Views on Research Conducted During Medical School A National Survey.pdf
Size:
1.19 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Published version
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.5 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

All Faculty Deposits
Scholarly Works, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM)