Publishing in residency

[tiedyeddog]

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The program I matched at has a yearly publishing requirement of 2 articles. I was successful in publishing in medical school but had a bunch of free time.

Any tips on publishing, especially as an intern still getting used to being a physician? Just beg my upper levels to put my name on something they are getting published?

 

[colbgw02]

Oh, man. That bloooooooooooooooooooooows. Even getting case reports published during intern year will be challenging. Nevermind that you'll have to start working on larger projects during internship to even sniff getting them published by the end of PGY-2. That requirement would have sent the program immediately to my do-not-rank bin.

 

[tiedyeddog]

It's a surgical subspecialty too... I'm going to get murdered as an intern so taking the time to do anything worthwhile is going to be hard, nonetheless published in a year...

If it makes a difference almost all the programs in the top 12 of my rank list had a similar requirement, my program isn't that unusual in my field. And it doesn't have to be a first author. ANY authorship counts.

 

[anonperson]

They must have a system set up where people just get their name thrown on things as mentioned earlier because making anything meaningful in that type of time period is essentially nil.

 

[WinslowPringle]

Med student flunkies?

Several of my med student pubs came from doing that. Resident/attending came up with an idea. I accessed the database or did a chart review, ran the numbers, made the graphs, wrote a rough draft of the paper. The resident did a quick check of the stats, wrote the introduction, and edited the conclusions. I got everyone's author disclosures together and submitted. Everyone got published, everyone was happy.

 

[Chansey]

Med student flunkies?

Several of my med student pubs came from doing that. Resident/attending came up with an idea. I accessed the database or did a chart review, ran the numbers, made the graphs, wrote a rough draft of the paper. The resident did a quick check of the stats, wrote the introduction, and edited the conclusions. I got everyone's author disclosures together and submitted. Everyone got published, everyone was happy.

As an incoming med student anxious for some publications, how do I become one of these flunkies? Do I have to wait until clinical rotations in third year?

 

[DermatoFIGHT]

It's a surgical subspecialty too... I'm going to get murdered as an intern so taking the time to do anything worthwhile is going to be hard, nonetheless published in a year...

If it makes a difference almost all the programs in the top 12 of my rank list had a similar requirement, my program isn't that unusual in my field. And it doesn't have to be a first author. ANY authorship counts.

I may be able to get you in touch with someone that publishes a fair amount. What are the exact requirements/guidelines needed to be met?

 

[Hair Police]

Like others, I feel certain there is a system in place for you to accomplish this. If your program has that requirement, it seems likely they have a heavy research focus. A research focus means research infrastructure. And if your avatar is any indication, you are in a sub specialty where there are relatively few residents in each year group.

Start by asking the current interns in your department. Only a fool or a sadist would give a publishing requirement to new interns and expect them to just figure it out.

Yes. Most problems have been solved before, just not by you. If the answer isn't immediately obvious, then talk to someone who knows more.

 

[tiedyeddog]

Thanks everyone, appreciate the advice!