Associations between resident physicians’ publications and clinical performance during residency training

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Table 2 Associations between resident publications and measures of professionalism, clinical performance and medical knowledge

Variable	Metric^‡	Publication type		β (CI^†)	p-value
Clinical Performance	Evaluations¹	Case Reports		0.014 (−0.007, 0.035)	0.09
		Research Papers		0.012 (0.001, 0.024)	0.007
		Combined	First Author	0.016 (−0.001, 0.032)	0.01
			Overall	0.012 (0.002, 0.022)	0.002
	Mini-CEX²	Case Reports		−0.008 (−0.050, 0.034)	0.62
		Research Papers		0.010 (−0.013, 0.033)	0.27
		Combined	First Author	0.007 (−0.026, 0.039)	0.59
			Overall	0.005 (−0.014, 0.025)	0.49
Medical Knowledge	ABIM³	Case Reports		−0.121 (−0.729, 0.486)	0.61
		Research Papers		0.125 (−0.227, 0.477)	0.36
		Combined	First Author	−0.034 (−0.529, 0.460)	0.86
			Overall	0.055 (−0.245, 0.354)	0.64

Notes: ‡ Metrics reflect average scores for PGY3 residents, except for ABIM scores which occurred after completion of residency training. † 99 % Confidence Interval (CI). ^aEvaluations reflect overall score for multisource evaluations by resident-peers, supervisors, and allied health (scale 1–5). ^bMini-CEX reflects overall score (scale 1–5). ^cABIM reflects average percent correct

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