Characterization of Cardiothoracic Surgeons Actively Leading Basic Science Research.

Autor: Wang H; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Bajaj SS; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Krishnan A; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Heiler JC; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Williams KM; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Pickering JM; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Manjunatha K; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Sanchez M; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., O'Donnell CT; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Boyd JH; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Electronic address: jackboyd@stanford.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of surgical research [J Surg Res] 2021 Dec; Vol. 268, pp. 371-380. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 14.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.06.065
Abstrakt: Background: There is increasing concern regarding the attrition of surgeon-scientists in cardiothoracic (CT) surgery. However, the characteristics of CT surgeons who are actively leading basic science research (BSR) have not been examined. We hypothesized that early exposure to BSR during training and active grant funding are important factors that facilitate the pursuit of BSR among practicing CT surgeons.
Materials and Methods: We created a database of 992 CT surgeons listed as faculty at accredited United States CT surgery teaching hospitals in 2018. Data regarding each surgeon's training/professional history, publication record, and National Institutes of Health funding were acquired from publicly available online sources. Surgeons who published at least one first- or last-author paper in 2017-2018 were considered to be active, lead researchers.
Results: Of the 992 CT surgeons, 73 (7.4%) were actively leading BSR, and 599 (60.4%) were actively leading only non-BSR. Only 2 women were actively leading BSR. Surgeons actively leading BSR were more likely to have earned a PhD degree (20.5% versus 9.7%, P = 0.0049), and more likely to have published a first-author BSR paper during training (76.7% versus 40.9%, P< 0.0001). Surgeons actively leading BSR were also more likely to have an active National Institutes of Health grant (34.2% versus 5.8%, P< 0.0001), especially an R01 grant (21.9% versus 2.5%, P< 0.0001).
Conclusions: A small minority of CT surgeons at academic training hospitals are actively leading BSR. In order to facilitate the development of surgeon-scientists, additional support must be given to trainees and junior faculty, especially women, to enable early engagement in BSR.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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