title: Evaluation of a points-based scholarly activity policy in internal medicine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires that scholarly activity be carried out in residency programs without numerical guidelines for publication of papers by residents. Until now, publication-to-resident ratios (PTRR) have not been reported in internal medicine (IM) programs. This article describes the 5-year resident publication record of an IM program with a points-based scholarly activity policy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Articles published by residents in the said program from July 2007 to June 2012 were collated based on PubMed searches and author reports. A PTRR was calculated across the 5-year period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 57 unique resident papers were identified. Over the 5 years, the publication-to-resident ratio was 0.88 for IM residents, the highest reported in any graduate medical education program to date.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A PTRR was seen in an IM program with a points-based scholarly activity policy. Further studies are needed to determine whether points-based policies encourage publication of scholarly papers among residents.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga.
authors.forename: Victor O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Kolade
authors.forename: Mukta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panda
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011642:Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*