Should all residents publish research?

A recent paper argues that every resident physician should be required to publish at least one paper in the peer-reviewed medical literature in order to graduate. Is that really a good idea?

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NOTES:

1. Here’s the original paper (0:51).

Alam M, et al. Performing research and publishing in the peer-reviewed medical literature should be a requirement for completion of post-graduate residency and fellowship training. Arch Derm Res 2022.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00403-022-02470-9

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2. Here’s my post on the “research arms race” in residency selection, from The Sheriff of Sodium website (4:58).
https://thesheriffofsodium.com/2022/07/19/the-residency-selectionarms-race-part-3-the-research-arms-race/

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3. And here’s the BMJ paper quoted at the end (11:42).

Altman DG. The scandal of poor medical research. BMJ 1994; 308.

https://www.bmj.com/content/308/6924/283

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“Clutch,” by Nicholas Major.

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