title: Research Interest in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Factors predictive of research career interest among pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) fellows are not known. We sought to determine the prevalence and determinants of interest in research careers among PEM fellows.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed an electronically distributed national survey of current PEM fellows. We assessed demographics, barriers to successful research, and beliefs about research using 4-point ordinal scales. The primary outcome was the fellow-reported predicted percentage of time devoted to clinical research 5 years after graduation. We measured the association between barriers and beliefs and the predicted future clinical research time using the Spearman correlation coefficient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 458 current fellows, 231 (50.4%) submitted complete responses to the survey. The median predicted future clinical research time was 10% (interquartile range, 5%-20%). We identified no association between sex, residency type, and previous research exposure and predicted future research time. The barrier that most correlated with decreased predicted clinical research time was difficulty designing a feasible fellowship research project (Spearman coefficient [ρ], 0.20; P = 0.002). The belief that most correlated with increased predicted clinical research time was excitement about research (ρ = 0.69, P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most fellows expect to devote a minority of their career to clinical research. Excitement about research was strongly correlated with career research interest.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Michelson
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Lise E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Nigrovic
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagler
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
authors.forename: Constance M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: McAneney
authors.affiliation: Section of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.
authors.forename: Rakesh D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Mistry
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D000070316:Pediatric Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors