title: A Point System as Catalyst to Increase Resident Scholarship: An MPCRN Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Encouraging resident scholarly activity has been a longstanding challenge for medical educators. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has been increasing its emphasis on scholarly activity, forcing programs to evaluate their existing processes. This study sought to evaluate the impact of a scholarly activity point system on the resident scholarly productivity at multiple programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five military family medicine residencies evaluated resident outcomes 2 years before and 2 years after the introduction of a scholarly activity point system. Outcome measures included peer-reviewed publications with a resident as first author, peer-reviewed publications with a resident as any author, resident presentation of scholarship at a regional, national, and international conference, IRB-approved protocols with a resident as principal investigator, and IRB-approved protocols with a resident in any role.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four of the five programs experienced substantial increases in nearly every outcome. The fifth program, which had a more robust culture of inquiry at baseline, did not experience an increase in resident scholarly productivity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A scholarly activity point system was associated with an increase in resident scholarly production in family medicine programs. It appears to work best in programs that start from a lower level of scholarly productivity at baseline. A point system appears to be a useful addition to scholarly activity curricula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eisenhower Army Medical Center.
authors.forename: Dean A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Seehusen
authors.forename: Christy J W
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ledford
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grogan
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeremy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Stackle
authors.forename: Lloyd A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Runser
authors.forename: Matthew V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Fargo
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Keck
authors.forename: Anna L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Oberhofer
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards; D001319:Authorship; D035843:Biomedical Research; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008889:Military Personnel; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards; D011320:Primary Health Care