Scholarly Productivity Among Academic Foot and Ankle Surgeons Affiliated With US Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency and Fellowship Training Programs
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Materials and Methods
To identify foot and ankle surgeons, residency programs approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) (https://www.casprcrip.org/html/casprcrip/directory.asp) and fellowship programs approved and recognized by CPME (https://www.cpme.org/fellowships/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2441) and the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) (https://www.acfas.org/Fellowship-Center/Recognized-Fellowship-Intiative/List-of-Available-Fellowships) respectively were systematically reviewed
Academic Description
Among the 44 programs that maintained faculty with an academic appointment, 106 practitioners were identified, of which 83 (78.3%) were male and 23 (21.7%) were female (Table 1). The majority of these providers met the rank of assistant professor 48 (45.28%), followed by professor 24 (22.64%), associate professor 20 (18.87%), and then instructor 14 (13.21%). Of the 106 identified practitioners, the median number of published documents was 9 (3-29.25), citations was 45 (6.5-276.5), and h-index
Discussion
Across medical specialties, the selection of academic medicine follows closely with those who have completed postgraduate degrees and fellowships or maintain an interest in teaching and conducting research (16). Satisfaction and promotion in this academic career relies heavily on mentorship and constructive faculty development (17, 18). Along with establishing a health mentor-mentee relationship, promotion often relies on academic productivity (5, 6, 7,19). As no study formally analyzes the
Author Contributions
Dominick Casciato, Kimberly Cravey, and Ian Barron assisted with data collection and drafting of the manuscript.
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Conflict of Interest: None reported.
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