Are Surgeons Behind the Scientific Eight Ball: Delayed Acquisition of the NIH K08 Mentored Career Development Award

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2020-02
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Background: Surgery residents complete their research training early in residency. Non-surgical trainees typically have research incorporated toward the last two years of their fellowship, conferring an advantage to apply for grants with recent research experience and preliminary data.

Methods: The NIH RePORTER database was queried for K08 awardees trained in medicine, pediatrics, and surgery from 2013 to 2017. 406 K08 recipients were identified and time from completion of clinical training to achieving a K08 award was measured. Data were compared using ANOVA and expressed as mean. P < 0.05 was considered significant.

Results: Surgeons took longer to obtain a K08 than those trained in internal medicine (surgery = 3.7 years, internal medicine = 2.58 years p < 0.0001)). All K08 recipients without a PhD took longer to obtain a K08 than recipients with a PhD (MD = 3.50 years and MD/PhD = 2.42 years (p=<0.0001).

Conclusions: Surgeons take longer to achieve a K08 award than clinicians trained in internal medicine, possibly due to an inherent disadvantage in training structure.

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Hosfield BD, John QE, Seiler KM, Good M, Dunnington GL, Markel TA. Are surgeons behind the scientific eight ball: Delayed acquisition of the NIH K08 mentored career development award. Am J Surg. 2020;219(2):366-371. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.11.039
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