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Quality Versus Quantity: Using Scholarly Activity to Assess Otolaryngology Residency Candidates

Selecting qualified candidates each year for residency positions has become more difficult in recent years, due to the sharp increase in Otolaryngology applicants. Although there are objective measures that can be used to directly compare medical students during the initial screening process, most i...

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Autores principales: Carlson, Kristy J., Dowdall, Jayme R., Geelan‐Hansen, Katie R., Jones, Dwight T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10046718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36998563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oto2.45
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Jones, Dwight T.
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description Selecting qualified candidates each year for residency positions has become more difficult in recent years, due to the sharp increase in Otolaryngology applicants. Although there are objective measures that can be used to directly compare medical students during the initial screening process, most information in the application is highly subjective and/or variable across institutions. Many programs count the total posters/presentations and publications to gauge scholarship. This measure of quantity may lead to negative bias toward those who have no home program, limited time outside of academics, and/or inadequate resources to engage in volunteer research. Evaluating the quality of research may be superior to quantity. A first‐author publication is a viable proxy that demonstrates applicants have developed skills that set them apart from their peers. They likely possess non‐clinical, translatable skills including internal motivation, self‐regulation, curation of information, and task completion that map closely with qualities that make for excellent residents.
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spelling pubmed-100467182023-03-29 Quality Versus Quantity: Using Scholarly Activity to Assess Otolaryngology Residency Candidates Carlson, Kristy J. Dowdall, Jayme R. Geelan‐Hansen, Katie R. Jones, Dwight T. OTO Open Commentary Selecting qualified candidates each year for residency positions has become more difficult in recent years, due to the sharp increase in Otolaryngology applicants. Although there are objective measures that can be used to directly compare medical students during the initial screening process, most information in the application is highly subjective and/or variable across institutions. Many programs count the total posters/presentations and publications to gauge scholarship. This measure of quantity may lead to negative bias toward those who have no home program, limited time outside of academics, and/or inadequate resources to engage in volunteer research. Evaluating the quality of research may be superior to quantity. A first‐author publication is a viable proxy that demonstrates applicants have developed skills that set them apart from their peers. They likely possess non‐clinical, translatable skills including internal motivation, self‐regulation, curation of information, and task completion that map closely with qualities that make for excellent residents. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10046718/ /pubmed/36998563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oto2.45 Text en © 2023 The Authors. OTO Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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