(23) Do academic affiliated OMS programs recruit residents with more scholarly activity compared to non-academic affiliated programs?

Thursday, September 15, 2022

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of resident involvement in OMS publications.

Presenting Author(s)

Ryan M. Nguyen

Dental Student
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Co-Author(s)

Michael J. Cimba, DMD

Resident
Department of Surgery, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UT Southwestern/Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX
Dallas, Texas, United States
Kevin C. Lee, DDS, MD

Resident
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
New York, New York, United States
Neeraj Panchal, DDS, MD, MA

Associate Professor, Section Chief Penn Presbyterian Hospital/Philadelphia Veteran's Affair
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Thomas Schlieve, DDS, MD

Program Director, Associate Professor
University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s):

Ryan M. Nguyen: No financial relationships to disclose

Michael J. Cimba, DMD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Kevin C. Lee, DDS, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Neeraj Panchal, DDS, MD, MA: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Thomas Schlieve, DDS, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to assess the academic productivity of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) residents throughout their training. The authors of this study hypothesize that OMS residents at academic and fellowship associated programs publish more than OMS residents at non-academic and non-fellowship programs.

CODA-accredited OMS programs were queried for a list of current enrolled residents during the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Of the 90 civilian OMS programs, complete lists of residents were identified in 74 programs. These lists were obtained from either program websites, Instagram pages, or current residents within the program. The cohort of resident names were searched in PubMed along with the key words “oral maxillofacial surgery”, “oral surgery”, “oral surgical procedures”, “surgery, oral”, and “craniofacial”. Formal resident training consisted of publications from residency, dental school, and college. The abstracts of each research publication were analyzed to ensure they were peer reviewed. If more than one resident was involved in a publication, that publication was counted under each respective resident and added to total publication count. The goal was to determine the total amount of resident involvement in publications.

Publications by residents within each program were further divided into either an academic program or non-academic program, as well as a fellowship-associated program or non-fellowship-associated program. Descriptive statistics were calculated via two-sample t-tests (Table 1). The predictor variables were academic affiliation of the training program and the presence of a post-residency fellowship. The primary outcome was the number of publications per resident at each program. A p< 0.05 was considered statistically significant. All analyses were conducted with SAS Studio 8.4.

Of the 74 programs analyzed, 982 residents were queried on PubMed. 793 total publications were found, yielding a mean of 10.72 publications per program and 0.81 publications per resident. Over the time period assessed, academic programs had significantly more publications per resident than non-academic programs (mean: 0.90 vs 0.12, p=0.02). Residencies affiliated with a fellowship program on average had more publications per resident, but this mean difference was not statistically significant (mean: 1.17 vs 0.63, p=0.16). Columbia (102), Massachusetts General Hospital (75), and Parkland (59) were the top three programs in terms of total publications from their respective residents.

OMS residents affiliated with academic institutions publish more than OMS residents not affiliated with academic institutions. In general, there are more academic affiliated OMS programs (n=57) than non-academic affiliated OMS programs (n=17), which can lead to increased academic productivity amongst OMS residents. This may be due to the additional resources at these academic institutions. A review of the academic productivity of plastic surgery residency programs revealed that the most productive programs were academic institutions such as Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Michigan, Stanford, and University of California Los Angeles [1]. Increased academic productivity in residency may lead to a career in academia. Similarly in otolaryngology, many residency programs have full time academic faculty and dedicated research coordinators [2]. It seems that academic affiliated programs in OMS, plastics, and otolaryngology promote resident academic productivity. Further studies should be done to assess how many academically productive OMS residents pursue academia as a career.

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2. Johnson AL, Corcoran A, Ferrell M, et al. Scholarly Research Productivity among Otolaryngology Residency Graduates and its Relationship to Future Academic Achievement. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2021;130(11):1276-1284. doi:10.1177/00034894211004368