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<jats:p>The present study summarizes the demographics, subspecialty training, and academic productivity of contemporary leaders in Canadian Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) training programs across Canada.</jats:p>
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<jats:p>Demographic data regarding chairpersons (CPs) and program directors (PDs) were obtained from publicly-available faculty listings and online sources, and included employment institution, residency training, fellowship training status, gender, and years of post-graduate experience. Research productivity was measured using the <jats:italic>h-index</jats:italic> and number of publications, obtained from Scopus. Characteristics of CPs and PDs were compared using statistical analysis.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Results</jats:title>
<jats:p>Cross-sectional data was obtained from a total of 27 CPs and PDs from 13 accredited OHNS training programs across Canada active on July 1, 2019. All academic leaders completed at least 1 year of fellowship training. Head and neck oncology represented 77% of CPs and 59% of academic leaders overall, while pediatric otolaryngology represented 43% of PDs. Females represented 11% of academic leaders. There was a significant association between location of residency training and employment, with 56% (15/27) of physicians working where they had trained (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.001, Fisher’s exact test; φ = 2.63, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.001). On average, individuals with a graduate (Master’s) degree had a significantly higher H-index (17.7 vs 7.4, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.001) and greater number of publications (106 vs. 52, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.02). Compared to PDs, CPs had a significantly higher average <jats:italic>h-index</jats:italic> score (14.5 vs. 8.14, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.04) and accrued more years of post-graduate experience (29.7 vs. 21.3 years, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.008). There were no differences in the proportions of CPs and PDs with graduate degrees. There appeared to be a decline in research productivity beginning 3 years after academic appointment.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>
<jats:p>This cross-sectional overview of academic leaders in Canadian OHNS programs demonstrates the following key findings: 1) all leaders completed fellowship training; 2) head and neck surgical oncology was the most common fellowship training subspecialty; 3) leaders were likely to be employed at the institution where they trained; 4) a Master’s degree may be associated with increased research productivity; 5) there is a potential risk of decreased productivity after appointment to a leadership position; and 6) women are underrepresented in academic leadership roles.</jats:p>
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DeepGreen-ID: cbbab606cc46467bb971d211d16cbd33 ; metadata provieded by: DeepGreen (https://www.oa-deepgreen.de/api/v1/), LIVIVO search scope life sciences (http://z3950.zbmed.de:6210/livivo), Crossref Unified Resource API (https://api.crossref.org/swagger-ui/index.html), to.science.api (https://frl.publisso.de/), ZDB JSON-API (beta) (https://zeitschriftendatenbank.de/api/), lobid - Dateninfrastruktur für Bibliotheken (https://lobid.org/resources/search)
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