Andreas Voss1,2,3, Björn Andreß4, Leo Pauzenberger5, Elmar Herbst6,7, Jonas Pogorzelski6, Dominik John8, Daniel Smolen9,10, Philip P Roessler11, Daniel G Tobert12, Jakob T Sieker13,14. 1. Department of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany. a.voss@tum.de. 2. Sporthopaedicum Straubing-Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. a.voss@tum.de. 3. Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. a.voss@tum.de. 4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Catholic Clinics Koblenz-Montabaur, Koblenz, Germany. 5. Sports Surgery Clinic, Dublin, Ireland. 6. Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. 7. Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. 8. West German Knee and Shoulder Center, Cologne, Germany. 9. Shoulder and Elbow Department, Alphaclinic, Zurich, Switzerland. 10. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute (LBI) for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria. 11. Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 12. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 13. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 14. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify modifiable factors associated with research activity among residents working in orthopedic surgery and traumatology. METHODS: Residents at 796 university-affiliated hospitals in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland were invited to participate. The online survey consisted of questions that ascertained 13 modifiable and 17 non-modifiable factors associated with the residents' current research activities. Responses of 129 residents were analyzed. Univariate linear regression was used to determine the association of individual factors with the current research activity (hours per week). The impact of significant non-modifiable factors (with unadjusted p values < 0.05) was controlled for using multivariate linear regression. RESULTS: The univariate analysis demonstrated six non-modifiable factors that were significantly associated with the current research activity: a University hospital setting (p < 0.001), an A-level hospital setting (p = 0.024), Swiss residents (p = 0.0012), the completion of a dedicated research year (p = 0.007), female gender (p = 0.016), and the department's size (p = 0.048). Multivariate regression demonstrated that the number of protected research days per year (p < 0.029) and the percentage of protected days, that were known 1 week before (p < 0.001) or the day before (p < 0.001), were significantly associated with a higher research activity. CONCLUSIONS: As hypothesized, more frequent and predictable protected research days were associated with higher research activity among residents in orthopedic surgery and traumatology. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify modifiable factors associated with research activity among residents working in orthopedic surgery and traumatology. METHODS: Residents at 796 university-affiliated hospitals in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland were invited to participate. The online survey consisted of questions that ascertained 13 modifiable and 17 non-modifiable factors associated with the residents' current research activities. Responses of 129 residents were analyzed. Univariate linear regression was used to determine the association of individual factors with the current research activity (hours per week). The impact of significant non-modifiable factors (with unadjusted p values < 0.05) was controlled for using multivariate linear regression. RESULTS: The univariate analysis demonstrated six non-modifiable factors that were significantly associated with the current research activity: a University hospital setting (p < 0.001), an A-level hospital setting (p = 0.024), Swiss residents (p = 0.0012), the completion of a dedicated research year (p = 0.007), female gender (p = 0.016), and the department's size (p = 0.048). Multivariate regression demonstrated that the number of protected research days per year (p < 0.029) and the percentage of protected days, that were known 1 week before (p < 0.001) or the day before (p < 0.001), were significantly associated with a higher research activity. CONCLUSIONS: As hypothesized, more frequent and predictable protected research days were associated with higher research activity among residents in orthopedic surgery and traumatology. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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Keywords:
Orthopedic surgery training; Research; Residency; Traumatology training