Cohort study assessing the predictive value of a research year vs additional degree in dermatology.
Academic achievement
Additional degree
Career trajectory
Dermatology research year
Dermatology residency
Gap year
Journal
Archives of dermatological research
ISSN: 1432-069X
Titre abrégé: Arch Dermatol Res
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8000462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
06
07
2022
accepted:
13
10
2022
medline:
25
5
2023
pubmed:
11
11
2022
entrez:
10
11
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Taking a gap year to obtain an additional degree or for research is becoming increasingly popular among medical students pursuing dermatology to bolster residency application competitiveness. The purpose of this study was to determine whether doing so influences future academic achievement and career trajectory. A list of dermatologists who achieved board certification in 2010 was obtained from the American Board of Dermatology. Information regarding additional post-graduate degrees, research years, fellowship specialization, practice setting, publication number, and H-index were obtained using publicly available data. Additional degrees were associated with higher research productivity, higher H-index, and practicing at teaching hospitals while taking a research year was only associated with a higher H-index. This data can be used to further inform medical students wishing to achieve high levels of research productivity and careers at teaching institutions and residency programs wishing to recruit such applicants.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36357552
doi: 10.1007/s00403-022-02430-3
pii: 10.1007/s00403-022-02430-3
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1393-1395Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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