Table 3 Fulfilling ACS research requirements
All | Academic | Non-academic | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Method of fulfillment, total responses | n = 29 | n = 23 | n = 6 | 1.00 |
Traditional 20-publications | 21 (72%) | 17 (74%) | 4 (67%) | |
Alternate 10-publications and scholarly activity | 8 (28%) | 6 (26%) | 2 (33%) | |
Scholarly activities used in alternate route, total responses | n = 8 | n = 6 | n = 2 | |
Resident participation in mentoring scholarly activity (e.g., resident paper competitions) | 8 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 2 (100%) | – |
Dissemination of knowledge (e.g., review articles, book chapters) | 7 (88%) | 5 (83%) | 2 (100%) | 1.00 |
Leadership in major trauma organizations | 6 (75%) | 4 (67%) | 2 (100%) | 1.00 |
Participation as visiting professor or invited lecturer | 6 (75%) | 5 (83%) | 1 (50%) | 0.46 |
Scholarly application of knowledge (e.g., case reports) | 5 (63%) | 4 (67%) | 1 (50%) | 1.00 |
Mentorship of fellows and maintenance of fellowships | 4 (50%) | 2 (33%) | 2 (100%) | 0.43 |
Peer-reviewed funding | 3 (38%) | 3 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0.46 |
Barriers to 20-publication route, total responses | n = 9 | n = 6 | n = 3 | |
Lack of dedicated research time of clinicians | 6 (67%) | 4 (67%) | 2 (67%) | 1.00 |
Lack of support staff dedicated to research | 2 (22%) | 1 (17%) | 1 (33%) | 1.00 |
Lack of interest of participation of a sufficient number of clinicians | 2 (22%) | 1 (17%) | 1 (33%) | 1.00 |
Lack of compensation for scholarly activities or time spent on research | 1 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (33%) | 0.33 |
Specialties represented in publications, total responses | n = 28 | n = 22 | n = 6 | |
Trauma surgery | 28 (100%) | 22 (100%) | 6 (100%) | – |
Orthopedic surgery | 23 (82%) | 20 (91%) | 3 (50%) | 0.05 |
Critical care/critical care surgery | 22 (79%) | 17 (77%) | 5 (83%) | 1.00 |
Emergency medicine | 21 (75%) | 17 (77%) | 4 (67%) | 0.62 |
Neurosurgery | 18 (64%) | 16 (73%) | 2 (33%) | 0.15 |
Basic sciences | 12 (43%) | 9 (41%) | 3 (50%) | 1.00 |
Radiology | 9 (32%) | 7 (32%) | 2 (33%) | 1.00 |
Nursing | 9 (32%) | 4 (18%) | 5 (83%) | < 0.01 |
Vascular surgery | 6 (21%) | 6 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 0.29 |
Anesthesia | 3 (11%) | 3 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 |
Cardiothoracic surgery | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | – |