Table 3.

Productivity after residency by research time, fellowship type and academic appointment

	Mean/Median First Author Publications (IQR)	p Value	Mean/Median Total Publications (IQR)	Mean/Median h-Index (IQR)
Overall	1.6/0.0 (0–2)	—	4.3/1.0 (0–5)	5.2/3.0 (1–7)
Research time (mos):
0	0.9/0.0 (0–1)		2.2/0.0 (0–2)	3.0/2.0 (1–4)
3–4	1.5/0.0 (0–2)		3.6/0.5 (0–4)	4.6/4.0 (2–6)
6	1.7/0.0 (0–1)		4.9/1.0 (0–4)	5.3/3.0 (1.5–8)
12	2.3/0.0 (0–2.5)	0.002 (Cuzick nonparametric test for trend)	6.2/2.0 (0–9)*	7.5/5.0 (2.5–11)*
Fellowship:
No	0.3/0.0 (0–0)		1.2/0.0 (0–0)	2.9/2.0 (1–4)
Yes	3.6/2.0 (1–5)	<0.001 (t test)	8.9/6.0 (2–11)†	8.7/7.0 (5–11)†
Appointment:
Private practice	0.4/0.0 (0–0)		1.2/0.0 (0–1)	3.1/2.0 (1–4)
Assistant	4.1/3.0 (1–6)		10.1/7.0 (4–14)	9.4/8.0 (6–13)
Associate	7.5/3.5 (1.5–10.5)	<0.001 (Cuzick nonparametric test for trend)	22.7/16.0 (8.5–35)*	17.8/18.0 (13–22.5)*

^*Cuzick nonparametric test for trend p <0.001.

^†T test <0.001.