Identification of Factors that May Predict Career Trajectory Among Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellows

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Title Identification of Factors that May Predict Career Trajectory Among Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellows
Creator Aakash N. Patel; Jing Tian; Amanda D. Henderson
Affiliation Medical College of Georgia (ANP), Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia; Division of Biostatistics (JT), Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology (ADH), Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; and Department of Neurology (ADH), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Abstract Background: There is modest literature regarding fellowship applicant factors that may predict future career achievement. We aim to characterize neuro-ophthalmology fellows and identify and analyze characteristics that may predict future career trajectory. Methods: Data, including demographic information, academic background, scholarly activities, and practice information, were collected using publicly available sources, on individuals who completed neuro-ophthalmology fellowships from 2015 to 2021. Summary statistics describing the cohort were calculated. Prefellowship characteristics were compared with postfellowship characteristics to evaluate which prefellowship characteristics may predict postfellowship academic productivity and career achievement. Results: Data were collected on 174 individuals (41.6% men, 58.4% women). Sixty-five percent were residency-trained in ophthalmology, 31% neurology, 1.7% both, and 1.7% pediatric neurology. Fifty-eight percent completed residency in the US, 8% in Canada, 32% internationally, and 2% in multiple locations. Among those practicing in the US/Canada, 63.8% practice at academic centers, 35.3% private practice, and 0.9% at both. Thirty-one percent completed additional subspecialty training and 17.8% additional graduate degrees. Completion of additional fellowship training or graduate degrees, and publication of more papers before fellowship, correlated with later academic productivity. There were no significant correlations between completion of an additional fellowship or graduate degree with current practice environment or attainment of leadership roles. There were no significant correlations between total publishing productivity prefellowship and practice environment or leadership roles postfellowship. Conclusions: Additional graduate degrees/subspecialty training, and prefellowship academic productivity, correlated with later academic productivity among neuro-ophthalmologists, suggesting that these metrics may be helpful in predicting future academic performance among fellowship applicants.
Subject Career Choice; Child; Education, Medical, Graduate; Fellowships and Scholarships; Female; Humans; Internship and Residency; Male; Ophthalmology
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Date 2023-09
Date Digital 2023-09
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, September 2023, Volume 43, Issue 3
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v8xbxe
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