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Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Resident-Authored Publications in The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery: A Systematic Review

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Abstract

Since its introduction into the medical community, the Podiatric Medicine and Surgery residency has strived to graduate the most advanced and learned foot and ankle surgeons. From increasing length of training, to assuring didactics and education are sufficiently incorporated into the residency, the Council on Podiatric Medical Education has overseen this transition. One area of interest, podiatric medicine and research, remains central to this training and contributes to the field of foot and ankle surgery through journal publications. The purpose of this review was to identify Podiatric Medicine and Surgery resident-authored publication rates, trends, and geographic distribution. All published case reports, original research articles, review articles, and tips, quips, and pearls in The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery from January 2009 to December 2018 were reviewed. Podiatric Medicine and Surgery residents comprised 8% of all authors. Residents contributed to and published as first authors in 22% and 11% of all manuscripts, respectively. An increasing trend in resident authors, resident-authored manuscripts, and resident-first-authored manuscripts was observed. From before the mandated 3-year residency to after, the proportion of resident-authored manuscripts to all manuscripts declined from 9.99% to 7.21%; however, among these resident-authored publications, the rate of first-authorship increased from 45.32% to 51.36%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first and only study to examine publication rates among foot and ankle surgery residents.

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Methods

A literature review was conducted using 11 journals that regularly publish topics concerning foot and ankle surgery as indicated by their scope (The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery; The Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association; Foot and Ankle International; Foot and Ankle Surgery; Foot and Ankle Clinics; Foot and Ankle Specialists; Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery; The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American edition; Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery; The Foot;

Results

A total of 2,099 articles were screened, and 272 were excluded for not meeting the inclusion criteria (Fig. 1).  Overall, 1,826 manuscripts comprising 7,180 authors were eligible for review and analyzed. As shown in Table 1, 396 manuscripts (21.68%) maintained ≥1 resident in an author position, and 195 manuscripts (10.67%) had residents in the first author position. With 92 resident-authored publications (22.67%), the Tri-State ACFAS Region had the greatest number of resident-authored

Discussion

Evidence-based medicine remains imperative to the advancement of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, as displayed by the growing body of research over the past few decades (10, 11, 12). In an effort to introduce the skills necessary to interpret and conduct such scholarly activity, CPME has outlined standards that Podiatric Medicine and Surgery residents must meet before graduation. Although studies have examined the role of academic meetings and journals clubs in the Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Acknowledgment

We thank Natalie Casciato, PharmD, for her assistance preparing the manuscript and helpful comments.

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