Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Publication is a marker of academic success. In academia, appointments and promotions are in many cases strongly linked to the candidate's bibliography. The "publish or perish" mindset has placed extraordinary pressures on scientists and academic physicians alike. ⋯ Although guidelines are available to help determine how attribution should be acknowledged, anecdotal experiences with disputes associated with authorship continue to exist. This paper addresses several key problems facing authorship. A discussion of who should be given authorship, the responsibilities of an author, and a method for assigning authorship in a multiauthored publication is provided.
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To assess patients' knowledge of the responsibilities and roles of physician training in the ED. ⋯ Participants believe that it is important to know their physicians' level of training, but they do not understand the roles and responsibilities of physicians-intraining in the medical training system in which they receive care. In particular, patients who have less than a high school education seem to know least about this system.
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Changing health care markets have threatened academic health centers and their traditional focus on teaching and research. ⋯ Academic EM departments are often affiliated with nonacademic ED sites. These additional sites are commonly staffed by academic EM faculty and EM residents. Academic productivity does not appear to decrease when additional ED sites are added. Reimbursement monies from these ED sites commonly supports academic activities.
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To describe emergency medicine (EM) residency program research requirements, characterize research directors (RDs), and describe their research activities and productivity. ⋯ Most programs have established research requirements. Most RDs are junior faculty, have limited research training, expect a short tenure in the position, and have variable access to research resources. EM needs to foster an environment that will enable us to thrive in the academic community and create opportunity for residents to participate in meaningful research. This requires that all RDs have protected time, and that a greater proportion be at the associate or full professor level, have qualified research assistants, and receive periodic evaluation reviewing their ability to generate external funds. Appointment of associate RDs may improve research training and help ensure qualified RDs.