Algerian medical teachers’ research output and its determinants during the 2000–2009 decade
| Autor: | F. Makhlouf, M.L. Atif, Abdeldjellil Bezzaoucha, Joël Ladner, G. Borgès Da Silva, Abdelkrim Soulimane, M. Benameur, N. Lamdjadani, N. Boussouf, Asmaa Quessar, A. Ben Abdelaziz, M. Benzerga, A. El Kebboub, A Bouamra, N. Heroual, D. Regagba, K. Meguenni, A. Tibiche, S. Abbassene, A. Bouguizi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Grille d’évaluation Biomedical Research Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject education MEDLINE Pharmacy Workload Research output Promotion (rank) Enseignants en médecine Production scientifique Medicine Humans Seniority Publication Schools Medical Promotion grid media_common Language Publishing Medical education Impact factor business.industry Publications Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medline Odds ratio Middle Aged Faculty Algérie Pascal Algeria Workforce Female Medical teachers Biostatistics Journal Impact Factor business |
| Zdroj: | Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique. 62(1):33-40 |
| ISSN: | 0398-7620 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.respe.2013.08.005 |
| Popis: | Background Publications are the primary output of scientific research. We conducted a national study to quantify Algerian medical teachers’ research output and identify its determinants during the 2000–2009 decade. Methods The American Medline database and the French Pascal database were used. A publication was eligible only if the lead author was an Algerian medical teacher (in medicine, pharmacy, or dentistry) working in Algeria. The same questionnaire was completed by cases (teachers who were first authors of an original article during the study period) and randomly selected controls. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors related to research output. Results A total of 79 original articles (42.2% of publications) were retrieved, a quarter of which were listed in Pascal alone. The publication rate was 2.6 original articles per 1000 teachers per year. The journals that published these original articles had a median impact factor of 0.83. The ability to publish an original article was 4.3 times higher if the teacher had undergone training in biostatistics and/or epidemiology (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 4.31, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.79–10.38). A promotion evaluation grid that did not encourage writing (aOR = 3.44, 95% CI: 1.42–8.33), a doctoral thesis, seniority, foreign collaboration, and English language proficiency were found to be associated with publication output. Conclusions Algerian medical teachers’ research output was particularly low. Replacing the current promotion grid with a grid that promotes writing, developing abilities to read and write articles and developing English language proficiency are likely to improve this situation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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