The number of citations an article receives is an important indication of its impact and contribution to the clinical world. There is a paucity of literature concerning top article citations in ...cardiology. The main objective of this investigation was to bridge this gap and to provide readers a practical guide in evaluating the cardiovascular literature. Scopus Library database was searched to determine the citations of all published cardiovascular articles. One hundred two journals were included in our investigation under the Institute of Science Information Web of Science subject category “cardiology, cardiovascular, and heart.” We did not apply any time or study-type restriction in our search. The top 100 cited articles were selected and analyzed by 2 independent investigators. The journal with the highest number of top 100 cited articles was Circulation with 36, followed by 28 in the European Heart Journal . A statistically significant association was found between the journal impact factor and the number of top 100 cited articles (p <0.005). United States had the highest number of articles (49). Contrary to bibliometric analyses published in other medical fields, the largest subset of the cardiology articles (n = 42) was published in the 5-year period from 2006 to 2010. General medical journals such as The Lancet (n = 4) and The New England Journal of Medicine (n = 1) contributed only 5 articles to the list despite their extremely high impact factors. In conclusion, our analysis provides an insight on the citation frequency of top cited articles published in cardiovascular medicine to help recognize the quality of the works, discoveries, and the trends steering cardiology.
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) supports the need for a uniform subspecialty fellowship training and advanced residency training start date. At present, training programs and their ...sponsoring institutions vary widely in the timing of institutional orientation and fellowship/advanced residency training start dates. Some institutions conduct orientation programs before the scheduled completion of the initial training program, which leads to conflicts for the resident between current and future obligations. AAIM believes that requiring residents to report for fellowship before completion of residency training is disruptive to medical education, creates unnecessary stress for the residents, and risks, violating federal labor laws and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services graduate medical education funding rules. Adoption of Jul 1, 2015 as the earliest start date for all training and orientation activities can be endorsed internally by AAIM institutions and would resolve these conflicts. Here, Barrett et al examine AAIM adoption of a uniform subspecialty fellowship and other advanced training.
A Review of Learner Impact on Faculty Productivity Ellis, Jeremy, MD; Alweis, Richard, MD
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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and American Association of Medical Colleges focus on the clinical learning environment highlights the requirement for teaching institutions ...to provide adequate and safe conditions to support quality undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education (GME) programs. Hospitals with teaching missions tend to be larger, have greater organizational complexity, have a higher case-mix index, perform more research, and provide greater levels of tertiary and quaternary care than nonteaching counterparts. These "hidden" costs are factored into the cost of teaching by the Center for Medicare Services, but are also the reimbursements threatened by any loss of indirect GME financing. The purpose of medical education is to transmit knowledge, impart skills, and inculcate values of the profession. Responsibility for the care of patients is a powerful stimulus for learning. However, this learning requires that clinical skills be attained through supervised provision of patient care. Here, Ellis and Alweis examine the cost of learners (medical students, residents, and fellows) on the productivity of a clinician in both inpatient and ambulatory settings.
Perspectives Viewpoints (for Guidelines for Fellowship Letters of Recommendation) Despite its ubiquity, the current letter of recommendation has multiple limitations, including lack of ...standardization. Program director letters should provide an accurate, fair assessment of a fellowship applicant’s capabilities, while also enabling writers to advocate. Standardized letters of recommendation have shown increased reliability as a predictor of future performance, greater inter-rater reliability, and improved task efficiency for writers and readers.
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