OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Surgical Education is 32. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Using Technology to Maintain the Education of Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic	587
Effect of COVID-19 on Surgical Training Across the United States: A National Survey of General Surgery Residents	139
Virtual Interviews in the Era of COVID-19: A Primer for Applicants	106
Systematic Review of Virtual Haptics in Surgical Simulation: A Valid Educational Tool?	75
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Medicine: Why It Matters and How do We Achieve It?	68
Creation of an Interactive Virtual Surgical Rotation for Undergraduate Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic	65
Randomized Trial of a Virtual Reality Tool to Teach Surgical Technique for Tibial Shaft Fracture Intramedullary Nailing	65
The Change of USMLE Step 1 to Pass/Fail: Perspectives of the Surgery Program Director	59
How Has COVID-19 Affected the Costs of the Surgical Fellowship Interview Process?	59
Addressing General Surgery Residents’ Concerns in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic	57
Stress and the Surgical Resident in the COVID-19 Pandemic	54
Application of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles to Surgical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic	51
Looking Beyond the Numbers: Increasing Diversity and Inclusion Through Holistic Review in General Surgery Recruitment	51
Women Continue to Be Underrepresented in Surgery: A Study of AMA and ACGME Data from 2000 to 2016	48
Building Rapport and Earning the Surgical Patient's Trust in the Era of Social Distancing: Teaching Patient-Centered Communication During Video Conference Encounters to Medical Students	46
Virtual Interviews for the Independent Plastic Surgery Match: A Modern Convenience or a Modern Misrepresentation?	42
A Comparison Between In-Person and Virtual Fellowship Interviews During the COVID-19 Pandemic	42
The Case for Capping Residency Interviews	41
Live-Streaming Surgery for Medical Student Education - Educational Solutions in Neurosurgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic	40
Implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities into a General Surgery Residency	39
Applicant Familiarity Becomes Most Important Evaluation Factor in USMLE Step I Conversion to Pass/Fail: A Survey of Plastic Surgery Program Directors	39
Medical Student Assessment in the Time of COVID-19	38
Now Arriving: Surgical Trainees From Generation Z	38
Diversity and Inclusion: A Review of Effective Initiatives in Surgery	37
A Comprehensive Multicomponent Neurosurgical Course with use of Virtual Reality: Modernizing the Medical Classroom	35

How do we teach surgical residents in the COVID-19 era?	35
How We Do It: Modified Residency Programming and Adoption of Remote Didactic Curriculum During the COVID-19 Pandemic	35
Assessment of YouTube as an Educational Tool in Teaching Key Indicator Cases in Otolaryngology During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Neck Dissection	34
Factors Influencing Female Medical Students’ Decision to Pursue Surgical Specialties: A Systematic Review	33
Disruption to Surgical Training during Covid-19 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australasia: A Rapid Review of Impact and Mitigation Efforts	32
Overcoming the Impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Mentorship: A Scoping Review of Long-distance Mentorship in Surgery	32
An In-Depth Analysis of Research Output in Successful Integrated Plastic Surgery Match Applicants and Factors Associated With Matching at Top-Ranked Programs	32
Self-Assessment of Surgical Skills: A Systematic Review	32
Addressing Gender-Related Implicit Bias in Surgical Resident Physician Education: A Set of Guidelines	32
Do General Surgery Residency Program Websites Feature Diversity?	32