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目的：许多医生追求高级学位（ADs），定义为硕士或博士学位，除了医学学位，以加强专业发展。本研究旨在探讨持有AD如何影响生殖内分泌和不孕症（REI）专家的职业轨迹。方法：从美国生殖医学学会数据库中获取REI医师名单。根据AD状态对医生进行分类，并在人口统计学、学术领导、期刊委员会和生殖学会官员职位以及研究生产力（通过h指数和出版物和引用数量来衡量）之间进行比较。使用Fisher精确t检验、卡方分析和Mann-Whitney U检验来确定相关性。结果：768名REI医生中，163名（21%）患有AD。与男性相比，女性医生持有AD的比例更高（23.4% vs. 19.4%）。结论：在REI医生中，持有AD与更高的研究效率和更高的学术领导角色代表性相关。这些见解可以帮助当前和有抱负的rei评估额外资格在实现其职业目标中的作用。
The role of advanced degrees in reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialists.
Purpose: Many physicians pursue advanced degrees (ADs), defined as a master's or doctoral-level degree, in addition to a medical degree to enhance professional development. This study aimed to examine how holding an AD influences the career trajectory amongst reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) specialists.
Methods: A list of REI physicians was obtained from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine database. Physicians were divided based on AD status and compared across demographics, academic leadership, journal board, and reproductive society officer positions, and research productivity, measured by h-index and number of publications and citations. Fisher's Exact T-tests, Chi-Squared analysis, and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for associations.
Results: Amongst 768 REI physicians, 163 (21%) possessed an AD. Proportionally more female physicians held an AD compared to males (23.4% vs. 19.4%, p < 0.001). Those with ADs were more likely to have an allopathic medical degree (98.8%), practice in the Northeast of the USA (33.7%), and work in private practice (55.8%) (p < 0.001). REI physicians with ADs demonstrated higher research productivity, reflected by higher average h-index (18.33 vs. 11.96), publications number (58.8 vs. 36.25), and citations number (2524 vs. 1531) (p < 0.001). They were also more likely to hold academic leadership, journal board, or reproductive society officer positions (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Holding an AD was associated with greater research productivity and higher representation in academic leadership roles among REI physicians. These insights may help current and aspiring REIs evaluate the role of additional qualifications in achieving their professional goals.
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics publishes cellular, molecular, genetic, and epigenetic discoveries advancing our understanding of the biology and underlying mechanisms from gametogenesis to offspring health. Special emphasis is placed on the practice and evolution of assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs) with reference to the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting fertility. Our goal is to educate our readership in the translation of basic and clinical discoveries made from human or relevant animal models to the safe and efficacious practice of human ARTs. The scientific rigor and ethical standards embraced by the JARG editorial team ensures a broad international base of expertise guiding the marriage of contemporary clinical research paradigms with basic science discovery. JARG publishes original papers, minireviews, case reports, and opinion pieces often combined into special topic issues that will educate clinicians and scientists with interests in the mechanisms of human development that bear on the treatment of infertility and emerging innovations in human ARTs. The guiding principles of male and female reproductive health impacting pre- and post-conceptional viability and developmental potential are emphasized within the purview of human reproductive health in current and future generations of our species.
The journal is published in cooperation with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, an organization of more than 8,000 physicians, researchers, nurses, technicians and other professionals dedicated to advancing knowledge and expertise in reproductive biology.
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