Misrepresented publications were fairly common among anesthesiology residency applicants, though only a small percentage of applicants listed clearly fraudulent publications, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Researchers reviewed applications to the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education anesthesiology core residency in Rochester, Minn., to look for publication misrepresentations, fraudulent publications and citation errors that provided an unfair competitive advantage.
The study, titled "Publication Misrepresentation Among Anesthesiology Residency Applicants," found that 2.4 percent of applications included fraudulent publications, with 6.6 percent of applications including at least one publication that was fraudulent. Five of the 532 applications contained a citation error that could provide a competitive advantage to an applicant seeking a residency position, according to the study's abstract.
Read the abstract of the study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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Researchers reviewed applications to the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education anesthesiology core residency in Rochester, Minn., to look for publication misrepresentations, fraudulent publications and citation errors that provided an unfair competitive advantage.
The study, titled "Publication Misrepresentation Among Anesthesiology Residency Applicants," found that 2.4 percent of applications included fraudulent publications, with 6.6 percent of applications including at least one publication that was fraudulent. Five of the 532 applications contained a citation error that could provide a competitive advantage to an applicant seeking a residency position, according to the study's abstract.
Read the abstract of the study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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-New York Authorizes ASC Anesthesia Providers to Conduct Post-Anesthesia Evaluations
-Boston Anesthesiologist Argues General Anesthesia is Closer to Coma Than Sleep