title: Urology resident publication output and its relationship to future academic achievement.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Scholarly research is considered by many to be an important component of residency training but little is known about the quantity and types of publications produced by urology residents. To our knowledge whether publication efforts during residency predict future academic publication performance is also unknown. We evaluated resident productivity, as measured by peer reviewed publication output, and determined its relation to future publication output as junior faculty.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assembled a list of graduating residents from 2002 to 2004 who were affiliated with the top 50 urology hospitals, as ranked in 2009 by U.S. News&World Report. PubMed® was queried to determine the publication total in the last 3 years of residency of each individual and during years 2 to 4 after residency graduation. Resident publication output was stratified by research time and fellowship training. The relationship between resident productivity and future achievement was assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We assessed the publication output of 251 urologists from a total of 34 training programs affiliated with the top 50 urology hospitals. Subjects published a mean total of 3.5 and a mean of 2.0 first author papers during training. Greater research time during residency was associated with increased productivity during and after residency. Publication during training correlated with publication during the early academic career.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Publication output correlated with increasing dedicated research time and was associated with the pursuit of fellowship training and an academic career. Publication during residency predicted future academic achievement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Glen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Uwais B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Zaid
authors.forename: Bradley A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Sarah D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Blaschko
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Benjamin N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Breyer
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000124:Achievement; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011642:Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education*