Research Publication by The Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Residency Training Program, 1994-2003(cid:31)
Hatern Tintara MD*, Pisake Lumbiganon MD**, Sangchai Preutthipan MD***, Yuen Tannirandorn MD****
Affiliation : (cid:31) The Research Subcommittee of the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists * Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla ** Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen *** Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok **** Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Objective : To evaluate the impact of the manuscript requirement policy on research publications from the
Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RTCOG) residency training program.
Materials and Methods : Names and research titles of RTCOG residents from 1994 to 2003 were used to search
for publications in the Medline system and Thai Index Medicus.
Results : There were 759 residents with 188 (24.8%) articles published. The publications per year varied from
4.8% to 17.0%. Residents were the first authors of 75 articles (39.9%). One hundred and thirteen articles
(60.11%) were published in local medical journals. The majority of articles published in international jour-
nals (65.3%) were published in the Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. After initiation of the
publication promotion policy in 1999, the number of publications in which residents were not the first authors
increased from 39.8% to 60.2%.
Conclusion : The manuscript requirement policy can maintain the research publication rate.
Keywords : Obstetrics residency, Publications, Research activities, The Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Training programs
