title: Having a Mentor or a Doctoral Degree Is Helpful for Mid-Career Physicians to Publish Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals.
abstract: The evidence suggests that mentoring is one of useful teaching methods in academic medicine but it is not clear for which outcome mentoring is effective. In this study, the authors investigated the number of original research articles that the participants had published in peer-reviewed English-language journals (as a first or a corresponding author) within one year prior to investigation and what characteristics of the participants who published at least one paper would be like compared to those who did not. In March 2015, the authors recruit early- and mid-career Japanese physicians (238 men and 240 women; mean age 40.6 years old) in a web survey. In total, 23.9% of physicians had published at least one original research article as a first author, 10.0% had published as a corresponding author, and 23.4% had a research mentor. A multivariate logistic regression model adjusting for variables selected at p < 0.15 in univariable models showed that even after adjusting for their motivation levels for clinical research, physicians with a research mentor [odds ratio (OR) 6.68; 95% confidence interval (CI), 3.74-11.93], physicians who obtained DMSc, roughly equivalent to PhD in the West (OR, 2.17; 95% CI, 1.26-3.72), and physicians who worked at teaching hospitals (OR 6.39; 95% CI, 2.54-16.04) were more likely to publish an original paper in a peer-reviewed journal. Having a research mentor or DMSc is associated with an experience of successfully publishing original papers in peer-reviewed journals for young and mid-career physician-researchers.
authors: Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine.
authors: Shinichi
authors: S
authors: Takenoshita
authors: Kyoko
authors: K
authors: Nomura
authors: Sachiko
authors: S
authors: Ohde
authors: Gautam A
authors: GA
authors: Deshpande
authors: Haruka
authors: H
authors: Sakamoto
authors: Honami
authors: H
authors: Yoshida
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: Urayama
authors: Seiji
authors: S
authors: Bito
authors: Yasushi
authors: Y
authors: Ishida
authors: Takuro
authors: T
authors: Shimbo
authors: Kunihiko
authors: K
authors: Matsui
authors: Tsuguya
authors: T
authors: Fukui
authors: Osamu
authors: O
authors: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D035843:Biomedical Research; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010380:Peer Review; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*