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Peer-reviewed publication following presentation at a regional surgical meeting
D J Bowrey1, G J Morris-Stiff, G W Clark
1University Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, UK.
Objectives:
The aim of the study was to investigate the proportion of publications arising from work presented at a regional surgical meeting.
Design:
A list of all presentations to the Welsh Surgical Society 1983-95 was compiled and a detailed search made of the Medicine Database. The surgical topic of each presentation, the date of presentation, the date of publication and the journal of publication were recorded.
Setting:
University Hospital of Wales.
Results:
Four hundred and ninety-six papers were presented to the society, of which 402 (81%) were by trainees. The most frequent topics of presentation were colorectal (15%), vascular (15%) and hepato-pancreatico-biliary (11%). Two hundred and thirty-three papers (47%) have been published in peer-reviewed journals. The most popular journals for publication were Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (19%), British Journal of Surgery (16%) and Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (8%). The median time from presentation to publication was 17.0 months (interquartile range 10.0-27.5 months).
Conclusions:
Regional surgical meetings have an important role in the annual surgical calendar and they are the ideal initial setting for presentation by trainees.