| Predictive factors in identifying subspecialty fellowship applicants who will have academic practices. | |
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PMID: 18827663 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The challenge of subspecialty fellowship directors is to recruit surgeons who are motivated to continue the tradition of teaching by entering academic medicine. The authors looked for predictive factors to help with more accurate selection of applicants. METHODS: Application and follow-up data from plastic surgery subspecialty fellows in craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, and microsurgery from the University of California, Los Angeles were reviewed for the years 1987 through 2002 (n = 62). Fellows were divided into three groups as follows: group 1, full-time academic; group 2, part-time clinical faculty; and group 3, private practice at 1 year and 5 years after fellowship. Common factors of fellows within the three groups were listed. RESULTS: Although a majority of applicants (95 percent) indicated an aspiration to practice academic medicine, only one-third remained in full-time academics 5 years after their subspecialty training. There was a trend toward leaving academic practice: the rates at 1 year were 74 percent for group 1 (academic) and 5 percent for group 3 (private practice), but by 5 years this had equalized (group 1, 34 percent; group 3, 32 percent). Group 1 (academic) showed more academic productivity publications per year, academic titles, editorial boards, and active participation in medical societies compared with group 3 (private practice). The factors that were more common to group 1 were married or married with children, five or more publications, one or more years of research, and 7 or more years of training. CONCLUSION: Plastic surgery fellowship directors may look at the following predictive factors of applicants if they would like their graduates to carry on the tradition of teaching future plastic surgeons: (1) previous dedicated research training, (2) more years of clinical training, and (3) more scientific publications. |
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Authors:
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Navanjun S Grewal; Daniel B Spoon; Henry K Kawamoto; Neil F Jones; Andrew L Da Lio; Chris Crisera; Prosper Benhaim; James P Bradley |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Plastic and reconstructive surgery Volume: 122 ISSN: 1529-4242 ISO Abbreviation: Plast. Reconstr. Surg. Publication Date: 2008 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-10-01 Completed Date: 2008-10-06 Revised Date: 2011-02-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1306050 Medline TA: Plast Reconstr Surg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1264-71; discussion 1272-3 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. |
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Academic Medical Centers Career Choice* Fellowships and Scholarships* Humans Job Application Surgery, Plastic* Teaching |
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