Trends in Academic Misrepresentation in Neurological Surgery Residency Applicants: A 2-Year Analysis

Letchuman, Vijay; Barrow, Daniel L.; Adamson, David Cory

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2021.05.021

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“…It is also unclear why the proportion of applicants with at least one misrepresentation has remained approximately 20% while the proportion of overall publication misrepresentation has decreased over time. A similar finding has been reported among applicants to neurosurgery residency [25]. A 2-year analysis found that the proportion of neurosurgical candidates with one or more misrepresentation was 19% (49 of 253) and 18% (56 of 302) in 2015 and 2020, respectively.…”

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“…A number of factors may contribute to these results. Several studies have found that international medical graduate applicants list more research entries on their application than United States medical graduate applicants [13,25,35]. Similarly, applicants who have taken a year off from their medical training for research were found to have more research entries and more unverified publications [13].…”

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What Are the Trends in Research Publication Misrepresentation Among Orthopaedic Residency and Fellowship Applicants From 1996 to 2019? A Systematic Review

Burkhart

Hecht

Karimi

et al. 2023

Clin Orthop Relat Res

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Background Because research experience is increasingly important in ranking orthopaedic residency and fellowship applicants, determining the accuracy of candidates reporting their scholarly activity is essential. However, disparate and inconsistent findings have made it difficult to draw meaningful conclusions from individual studies. Questions/purposes In this systematic review, we asked:(1) What percentage of research publications are misrepresented among orthopaedic residency and fellowship applicants? (2) What percentage of applications contain one or more example of academic misrepresentation? (3) Is research misrepresentation associated with any individual applicant characteristics? (4) What is the publication status of articles listed by applicants as having been submitted to journals?Methods A systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines. PubMed, EBSCOhost, Medline, and Google Scholar electronic databases were searched on March 10, 2022, to identify all studies that evaluated research misrepresentation in orthopaedic residency and fellowship applications between January 1, 1995, and March 1, 2022. Articles were included if full-text articles in English were available and the study reported on research misrepresentation among orthopaedic residency or fellowship applicants. Studies investigating nonorthopaedic publications, systematic reviews, case studies, duplicate studies among databases, and gray literature were excluded. Two reviewers independently evaluated the quality of included studies using the Methodological Index for Nonrandomized Studies (MINORS) tool. This is a validated assessment tool that grades noncomparative studies from 0 to 16 and studies with control groups from 0 to 24, based on eight criteria related to study design, outcomes assessed, and followup. All included articles were noncomparative studies, so the maximum score here was 16, with higher scores indicating better study quality. The mean MINORS score was 13 6 1 in the studies we included. The final analysis included 10 studies with 5119 applicants. Eight studies evaluated orthopaedic residency applicants and two evaluated fellowship applicants. The applicant classes ranged from 1996 to 2019. Research misrepresentation was defined among studies as nonauthorship of an existing article, claimed authorship of a nonexistent article, or incorrect listing of authorship order for an existing article. Each study's findings and Each author certifies that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request.

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What Are the Trends in Research Publication Misrepresentation Among Orthopaedic Residency and Fellowship Applicants From 1996 to 2019? A Systematic Review

Burkhart

Hecht

Karimi

et al. 2023

Clin Orthop Relat Res

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“…Kolcun et al 1 recently contributed a very well-constructed survey of the current state of how the postgraduate year 7 (PGY7) year is used among all 7-year neurosurgery residency programs in the United States. Most programs used PGY7 for the chief of service (COS) year, with only a single program reporting it as elective time.…”

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Letter: The Evolving Role of Postgraduate Year 7 in Neurological Surgery Residency

Lu,

Levi,

Komotar

2023

Neurosurgery

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“…We thank Drs Lu et al for their thoughtful commentary on our recent study. 1,2 Anecdotally, the "6 + 1" model they describe is growing in popularity across North American neurosurgery programs, in discussion and in practice. This is developing within a larger national conversation regarding overall neurosurgical training duration, the role of subspeciality fellowships, and consequently the certification (and value) of enfolded fellowships before graduation from residency.…”

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“…These 2 variables-the amount of "protected" research/elective time and residency complement size-were not included in our survey study. 2 Our survey was by design focused and brief, to obtain the high response rate we achieved. That said, these factors are critical and can even be prohibitive to programs exploring more flexible roles for PGY7.…”

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In Reply: The Evolving Role of Postgraduate Year 7 in Neurological Surgery Residency

Kolcun,

Kolb,

Mazza

et al. 2023

Neurosurgery

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Trends in Academic Misrepresentation in Neurological Surgery Residency Applicants: A 2-Year Analysis

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What Are the Trends in Research Publication Misrepresentation Among Orthopaedic Residency and Fellowship Applicants From 1996 to 2019? A Systematic Review

What Are the Trends in Research Publication Misrepresentation Among Orthopaedic Residency and Fellowship Applicants From 1996 to 2019? A Systematic Review

Letter: The Evolving Role of Postgraduate Year 7 in Neurological Surgery Residency

In Reply: The Evolving Role of Postgraduate Year 7 in Neurological Surgery Residency

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