scholarly journals MON-120 The Implementation of a Scholarly Activity Curriculum: Impact Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Mosaferi ◽  
Jayamalee De Silva ◽  
Angela M Leung ◽  
Stephanie Smooke Praw
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Curriculum Study ◽  
Scholarly Activity ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Conference Presentations

Abstract Introduction: As detailed in the 2018 ACGME Common Program Requirements statement for fellowship institutions, “The physician is a humanistic scientist who cares for patients. This requires the ability to think critically, evaluate the literature, appropriately assimilate new knowledge, and practice lifelong learning.” Endocrinology fellowship programs are tasked with the expectation of creating an environment that fosters scholarly pursuit. It is under the discretion of each program to consider its institutional resources and community needs in order to meet this ACGME requirement.1 With the goal of enhancing trainee scholarly activity, our fellowship program created a Scholarly Activity Curriculum in 2017. The core curriculum pillars include delineating a yearly timeline of objectives and expectations, facilitating regular individual mentoring, permitting allotment of protected time, and advocating involvement in faculty scholarship and national conferences. Objective: To assess the impact of the 2017 Endocrinology Fellowship Scholarly Activity Curriculum with respect to its ability to increase trainee scholarship. Methods: The scholarly activities of the fellowship classes of 2017-2020 were extracted from archived Fellow Scholarly Activity Update presentations and exit-interview curricula vitae. The activities were categorized as conference presentations (oral/poster), basic scientific research, clinical scientific research, quality improvement, book chapters, review articles, case reports, and teaching activities. With the 2017 and 2018 classes representing the pre-curriculum study group and the 2019 and 2020 classes representing the post-curriculum study group, the number of activities per study group per scholarly category were tabulated and compared. Results: An increase in scholarly activity was noted in five of the delineated categories: conference presentations (80%), clinical scientific research (86%), review articles (100%), case reports (100%), and teaching activities (38%). The remaining three categories of basic scientific research, quality improvement, and book chapters showed no change. Conclusions: The implementation of the 2017 Endocrinology Fellowship Scholarly Activity Curriculum was associated with a rise in trainee scholarly activity. Four of eight categories showed an 80% or more increase. Interestingly, the fellows involved in basic scientific research both pre and post-curriculum implementation were limited to those in the Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) Program. Finally, identifying the need to increase involvement in quality improvement research, our program has implemented a 2019 Quality Improvement Curriculum. 1Common Program Requirements (Fellowship). ACGME. https://www.acgme.org/What-We-Do/Accreditation/Common-Program-Requirements. 2018. Accessed Nov 2019.

scholarly journals Peer-reviewed publications by CUA members: then and now

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Geoffrey T. Gotto ◽  
Kourosh Afshar ◽  
Arash Eftekhari ◽  
Andrew E. MacNeily
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Canadian Journal ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Scholarly Activity ◽  
Active Member ◽  
External Funding ◽  
Levels Of Evidence ◽  
Review Articles

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the characteristicsof publications by members of the Canadian UrologicalAssociation (CUA) over a 10-year period.Methods: All publications by active CUA members during the periodsJanuary 1993-December 1994 and January 2003-December2004 were reviewed.Results: Of the 487 active members in 1993-1994, 130 (26.7%)were authors a total of 649 times in 641 publications. Externalfunding was acknowledged in 195 (30.4%). There were 131observational studies (20.4%), 127 review articles (19.8%), 58case reports (9.0%), 37 case series (5.8%), and 21 randomizedcontrolled trials (RCTs) (3.3%). Of the 454 active member in2003-2004, 139 (30.6%) were authors a total of 748 times in 705publications. External funding was acknowledged in 237 (33.6%).There were 153 observational studies (21.7%), 124 review articles(17.6%), 52 case reports (7.4%), 49 case series (7.0%), and 46RCTs (6.5%). There were significantly more RCTs and clinical trialsin 2003-2004. The most common journal was The Journal ofUrology in both eras. There were significantly more publicationsin The Canadian Journal of Urology, the British Journal of UrologyInternational and the Journal of Endourology in 2003-2004. Therewere significantly more publications acknowledging industry fundingand more publications citing more than 1 CUA member in2003-2004. Publication intensity increased significantly from 0.67to 0.82 publications per member, per year for the CUA as a whole.Interpretation: Scholarly activity has remained robust over thelast decade with over 30% of active CUA members contributingto peer-reviewed literature. Higher levels of evidence are nowobserved with a greater number of RCTs. CUA members shouldbe proud of their academic productivity.Objectif : Notre objectif était d’évaluer certaines caractéristiquesd’articles publiés par des membres de l’Association des urologuesdu Canada (AUC) sur une période de 10 ans.Méthodes : Tous les articles publiés signés par des membres actifsde l’AUC en janvier 1993/décembre 1994 et en janvier 2003/décembre 2004 ont été passés en revue.Résultats : Sur les 487 membres actifs en 1993-1994, 130 (26,7 %)ont signé un total de 649 articles publiés dans 641 périodiques. Unfinancement externe a été mentionné dans 195 cas (30,4 %). Oncomptait 131 études d’observation (20,4 %), 127 articles de synthèse(19,8 %), 58 études de cas (9,0 %), 37 séries de cas (5,8 %) et21 essais contrôlés et randomisés (3,3 %). Sur les 454 membresactifs en 2003-2004, 139 (30,6 %) ont signé au total 748 articlespubliés dans 705 périodiques. Un financement externe estmentionné dans 237 cas (33,6 %). On comptait 153 études d’observation(21,7 %), 124 articles de synthèse (17,6 %), 52 étudesde cas (7,4 %), 49 séries de cas (7,0 %) et 46 essais contrôlés etrandomisés (6,5 %). On a noté un nombre significativement plusélevé d’essais contrôlés et randomisés et d’essais cliniques en 2003-2004. Pour les deux époques, le périodique où le plus d’articles ontété publiés est le Journal of Urology. Le nombre d’articles publiésdans le Canadian Journal of Urology, le British Journal of UrologyInternational et le Journal of Endourology était significativement plusimportant en 2003-2004, tout comme le nombre d’article faisantétat d’un financement par l’industrie pharmaceutique et le nombred’articles signés par plus d’un membre de l’AUC. Le taux depublications a considérablement augmenté, passant de 0,67 à 0,82articles par membre, par année pour l’AUC dans son ensemble.Interprétation : Au cours de la dernière décennie, les activités liéesà la publication sont demeurées intenses, avec plus de 30 % desmembres actifs de l’AUC contribuant à des articles révisés parcomités de pairs. Des niveaux de preuves plus élevés sont maintenantobservés en raison d’un nombre plus important d’essaiscontrôlés et randomisés. Les membres de l’AUC devraient êtrefiers de leur contribution sur le plan de l’avancement scientifique.

Instruction for authors

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
Abdulghani Alsamarai
Keyword(s):  
Original Work ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Publication Ethics ◽  
Current Interest ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Medical News ◽  
Review Articles

Introduction   The International Journal of Medical Sciences [IJMS], ISSN 2522-7386, is a peer-reviewed, 3 issues published annually. Authors are invited to submit for publication articles with a wide spectrum of coverage reporting original work, in the fields of medicine, nursery, dentistry, and pharmacy sciences. Review articles are usually by invitation only. However, Review articles of current interest and high standard will be considered. Prospective work should not be back dated. There are also sections for Case Reports, Brief Communication, correspondence and medical news items. Authors should read the editorial policy and publication ethics before submitting their manuscripts. Authors should also use the appropriate reporting guidelines in preparing their manuscripts

scholarly journals Fourteen years of Nepal Journal of Neuroscience

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
Yam Bahadur Roka
Keyword(s):  
Case Reports ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Review Articles

Nepal Journal of Neuroscience (NJNS) was started in 2004 with its office in Department of Neurosurgery, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine. It was started as a biannual publication and remained so till 2017 when the number was increased to 3/year. This study aims to find the patterns of publication and topics since its inception to present. A total of 257 articles were published within this study period. This gives an average of 18.3 articles/ year with range from 9-32 articles/year.Considering the type of article published, the majority were original articles (90). Followed closely by case reports (87), review articles (29), editorial (18), neuro view box (19) and others. The parent country of origin, i.e. Nepal remains the largest contributor to the journal with 193 articles, followed by India (23), USA (9), Japan (7) and UK and Bangladesh (6 each). NJNS is the only platform in Nepal for neurosciences to showcase their research which will help to collect the nation-wide data and will in the long-term help to formulate rules and regulations, where applicable, to control and implement the various findings. I thus request all readers and well-wishers to continue their support to NJNS to make it one of the foremost research journal in neurosciences not only from Nepal but in the region.Nepal Journal of Neurosciences 15:6-9, 2018

scholarly journals A rare case of metachronous neuroendocrine tumor after a colorectal adenocarcinoma: qualitative critical review of synchronous and metachronous gastrointestinal NET

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Lancellotti ◽  
Luigi Solinas ◽  
Davide Telesco ◽  
Andrea Sagnotta ◽  
Augusto Belardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neuroendocrine Tumor ◽  
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Retrospective Studies ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor

Abstract Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumor (NET) associated with a metachronous intestinal adenocarcinoma is rare. We report the case of a 71-year-old man with an ileal NET. Patient has previously undergone a left colectomy for sigmoid cancer. We report a complete review both of the metachronous and synchronous NET. A comprehensive systematic literature search in PubMed, EMBASE, and MEDLINE identified a total of 35 relevant studies. This study includes an analysis of review articles, case reports, case series, retrospective studies and population-based studies. In the English literature to date, there are 21 case reports (19 synchronous cases and 2 metachronous cases), 3 case series and 3 review articles, and less than 10 retrospective studies or population-based studies. A total of 31 patients in 24 articles were included in the study: 28 patients with a synchronous gastrointestinal NET and colorectal adenocarcinoma and 3 patients with metachronous gastrointestinal NET and colorectal adenocarcinoma. The incidence of synchronous cancer (particularly for colorectal and gastric cancer) with a gastrointestinal NET ranges from 10 to 50%, while for the metachronous ones it is still unclear. This is the third metachronous case report and the first descriptive case of gastrointestinal NET diagnosed 2 years after a colorectal adenocarcinoma. An endoscopic follow-up program for gastrointestinal NET patients and/or for first-degree relatives of NET patients appears recommendable.

Pharmacologic Management of Postdural Puncture Headache

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 831-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Choi ◽  
Charles E Laurito ◽  
Francesca E Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Treatment Modality ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Epidural Administration ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Blood Patch ◽  
Pharmacologic Management

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the pathogenesis, incidence, and clinical presentation of postdural puncture headaches (PDPHs) and to provide a comprehensive evaluation on the pharmacologic management of PDPH. DATA SOURCE: A MEDLINE search was used to identify pertinent literature published in English including review articles, case reports, letters, and abstracts. Information was also extracted from textbooks for background purposes. STUDY SELECTION: All clinical studies, case reports, abstracts, and letters were included because of the limited amount of literature available on the pharmacologic therapy for PDPH. Related research articles and review articles were also used to provide background information on PDPH. DATA EXTRACTION: Methodology and results from clinical trials and abstracts were described and evaluated. Case reports and letters were summarized and critically reviewed for the feasibility of the different treatment modalities. Information on the pathophysiology, incidence and severity, and clinical presentation of PDPH was extracted from related research articles, review articles, and textbooks. DATA SYNTHESIS: The epidural blood patch (EBP) is one of the most effective treatments for PDPH. Pharmacologic management of PDPH offers a less invasive treatment modality than the EBP. Numerous drug therapies have been presented in the literature, though few merit clinical application. Caffeine therapy, both oral and parenteral, is the most commonly used pharmacologic treatment modality. Theophylline and sumatriptan are potentially promising agents for the treatment of PDPH. Epidural administration of fluids and drugs is also effective in the treatment of PDPH. Epidural administration of NaCl 0.9% and dextran may be an alternative to the EBP when the EBP is unsuccessful or contraindicated. Epidural adrenocorticotropic hormone and epidural morphine also demonstrate some potential in the treatment of PDPH. Individual patient characteristics (i.e., HIV, sepsis) need to be considered when deciding on a treatment. More reports, especially clinical studies, are necessary before a definitive statement can be made regarding any one treatment. In the meantime, therapy will be guided by clinical judgment based on the literature reviewed in this article. CONCLUSIONS: Intravenous and oral caffeine are effective and noninvasive treatments for PDPH. Epidural NaCl 0.9% or dextran are alternatives when the EBP is unsuccessful or contraindicated. Several methods of pharmacologic management have been cited in the literature, but all require further evaluation.

The Linear Algebra Curriculum Study Group Recommendations for the First Course in Linear Algebra

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Carlson ◽  
Charles R. Johnson ◽  
David C. Lay ◽  
A. Duane Porter
Keyword(s):  
Linear Algebra ◽  
Curriculum Study ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Group Recommendations

scholarly journals The Development of an Emergency Medicine Resident Research Program in the United States Military

2019 ◽  
Vol 184 (11-12) ◽  
pp. e622-e625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua J Oliver ◽  
Justin M Ross ◽  
W Tyler Davis ◽  
Patrick C NG ◽  
Brit Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scholarly Activity ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Graduation Requirement ◽  
Journal Clubs ◽  
Conference Presentations ◽  
New Curriculum ◽  
Research Curriculum

Abstract Introduction The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education stipulates that residents should participate in scholarly activity. As of 2019 that verbiage will be changed to, “Residents must participate in scholarship.” However, scholarly activity is not clearly defined. We set out to define our graduation research requirement in a measurable way and structure a research curriculum that better prepared residents to conduct scholarly activity. Materials and Methods This study compares resident scholarly output in several categories before and after the initiation of a revised research curriculum and graduation requirement. Scholarly activity was measured by comparing the production of Pubmed Indexed (PMID) publications, online publications, and conference presentations of two Emergency Medicine Residency classes. The intervention class was represented by the class of 2018 which exposed 16 residents to the new curriculum and graduation requirement for the full three years of their residency. The comparison class was represented by the class of 2015 which exposed 16 residents to the old curriculum and old graduation requirement. The old graduation requirement and curriculum were undefined. The new requirement involved two options, participate in original research starting from the process of question formulation and carried through manuscript drafting or publishing at first author PMID of any kind. The new curriculum involved monthly journal clubs, two annual deep dives, and an 8-day Intern Research Course modeled after the Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills workshop sponsored by the American College of Emergency Physicians. In addition to the new curriculum, several new leadership positions were created at both the staff and resident level that solely focused on the promotion of scholarly activity. In addition to creating a culture within the department that encouraged scholarship, these overlapping leadership positions also helped create continuity in a program that could easily be hampered by frequent staff turnover due to new military assignments and military deployments. Results Resident scholarly activity in the form of PMIDs increased from 4 to 22. The production of online publications was 0 and 12, respectively. There were 2 and 11 conference presentations, respectively. Conclusion Resident scholarly activity increased following the institution of a new research curriculum and graduation requirement.

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