Perceptions and attitudes of Small Animal Internal Medicine specialists toward the publication requirement for board certification.
J Vet Intern Med
; 34(2): 574-580, 2020 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The publication requirement for board certification in Small Animal Internal Medicine (SAIM) by the ACVIM is controversial.OBJECTIVES:
Directly and indirectly evaluate the perceptions SAIM Diplomates have on the publication requirement. A secondary objective was to compare the frequency with which publications submitted for credentialing purposes (CredPubs) were cited compared to control articles.SUBJECTS:
One thousand two hundred forty-one SAIM Diplomates were sent an electronic survey.METHODS:
A electronic survey was sent to all SAIM Diplomates. Practice websites were evaluated for reference to publication or research. An electronic database was searched to identify the number of times a subset of CredPubs were cited was compared to control articles.RESULTS:
Five hundred six individuals responded. The majority of respondents (n = 428, 85.25%) stated the requirement should be retained either with no changes (n = 186, 37.05%) or with clarifications or modifications (n = 242, 48.21%). A minority of respondents (n = 74, 14.7%) felt it should be eliminated. "Understanding the scientific process" was the most commonly selected reason (n = 467, 92.48%) for the publication requirement. All websites that mentioned research or publication did so using a positive sentiment. With regard to relative citation rates; 17% of CredPubs were in the lower quartile, 59.1% of CredPubs were in the interquartile range, and 23.5% were in the upper quartile compared to control articles. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE A majority of SAIM Diplomates favored the retention of the publication requirement in some form. CredPubs were cited at rates similar to control articles.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Autoria
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Sociedades Científicas
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Conselhos de Especialidade Profissional
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Medicina Veterinária
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Certificação
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Vet Intern Med
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
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MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article