Publication Rates of Podium Presentations from the Orthopedic Summit: Fellow Resident and Medical Student Annual Meeting 2019-2021

Abstract

To determine the publication rate of presentations presented at the Orthopaedic Summit and Evolving Techniques (OSET) Fellow Resident and Medical Student Annual Meeting 2019-2021 All presentations from the OSET annual meeting between 2019 -2021 were identified from the OSET’s official website and confirmed through review of the OSET Official Programs. The 2019 and 2021 meeting were in person and the 2020 meeting was virtual due to the COVID pandemic. This information was then used to direct a search on PubMed and Google Scholar database to determine if the presentation was associated with a publication since the meeting. Publishing information was entered into the database. For 2019-2021 there were a total of 227 presentations with 101 associated publications (45%). The highest rate of publications was 63% of presentations published in 2019, followed by 49% rate of publications in 2020, and 27% rate of publications in 2021. The presentations were published at an average of 8.1 months after presentation. Our research demonstrated a 45% publication rate over a 3-year period of presentations presented at the OSET annual meetings. Our results are comparable to other publication rates for podium presentations in other societies (e.g. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, American Academy for Surgery of the Hand, Annual Meetings of the North American Spine Society, and American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting). This validates the quality of research presented in podium presentations format at the OSET Annual Meeting.