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Impact of a Dedicated Research Rotation during Ophthalmology Residency
Nita G Valikodath1, Blake V Fausett1,2, Gale A Oren1
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Background:
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that ophthalmology residents participate in scholarly activity during residency. However, residents lack protected time for research.
Objective:
To determine the impact of a dedicated research rotation on scholarly productivity and research experience during residency.
Methods:
This cohort study compared two groups of ophthalmology residents. Residents who graduated between 2004-2009 did not have dedicated research time and served as control residents (CR) while residents who graduated between 2010-2015 had a dedicated research rotation and served as the intervention group (research residents, RR). Primary outcomes included publications and presentations recorded over a four-year period, spanning the three years of residency and first year after graduation. These were analyzed by linear regression and t-tests. Residents also took surveys regarding research experience and chi squared tests and logistic regression were used to compare these results.
Results:
The RR had 0.97 more publications and 1.3 more presentations compared to the CR after adjusting for PhD status, pre-residency publications and presentations, age at graduation, gender and race (p=0.09 and p=0.02, respectively). RR had higher odds of reporting adequate time to complete research (OR=13.11, 95% CI 3.58-48.03, p < 0.001) and satisfaction with their research experience (OR=6.96, 95% CI=2.104-23.053, p=0.002).
Conclusions:
Residents with a research rotation had more time to complete research, were more satisfied with their research experience, and generated more publications and presentations compared to residents without the research rotation. A research rotation can help meet ACGME requirements and help residents achieve greater scholarly activity.
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