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EDITORIAL J Oral Maxillofac Surg -:1, 2015
Young Investigators Helping Define Our Future
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I recently had the pleasure of participating in the 2015 Young Investigators’ Day program. This biannual event is sponsored by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) and the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) Foundation. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together some of our bright young surgeons who are or have interest in conducting research. The Young Investigators’ Day is sandwiched between 2 other important gatherings, namely the Research Summit and the Resident Education Program. Three things struck me while at the Young Investigators’ meeting. First, the organizers brought together a Who’s Who of outstanding members of our specialty. They included full-time OMS academicians and private practitioners, as well as high-ranking representatives from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Second, the program was well designed to provide audience members with thought-provoking information about achieving success in an OMS career that includes a meaningful research component. The benefits of a full-time academic career were promoted, but the ability to conduct high-powered research while in private practice was also well illustrated by the speakers. The NIH and OMS Foundation representatives discussed grant writing and research funding strategies. Several speakers described ripe areas for OMS investigations, giving detailed information of research projects currently underway. The third thing that impressed me about the conference was the caliber of audience members. Through their questions during the Q-and-A periods and personal discussions it was clear that those in attendance were extremely bright and focused on planning successful research careers. I did have a troubling concern while at the conference. That was what I viewed as a relatively limited number of audience members. I understand that it is difficult for many programs to give faculty release time to attend professional meetings. However, the outstanding quality of the Young Investigators’ Day program and costs to bring together such a stellar group of presenters makes me wonder if there is enough awareness of the program. I feel that if OMS program/department administrators, and perhaps even potential audience participants, knew more about the Young Investigators’ Day event, there would be a higher priority made to send
young faculty members to Rosemont for this program. The program was also designed in a way that would be of great value to OMS residents considering an academic career or wanting to conduct significant research in their private OMS practice. During one of the Q-and-A sessions it was mentioned that it seemed that other surgical disciplines such as general surgery, plastic surgery, and otolaryngology published much more basic and translational research than occurred in our specialty. It was accurately pointed out that one major reason for this is that residency programs in other surgical disciplines frequently require a year or more of research as an integral part of the residency. In some cases the research year is optional, but a defined program exists for those desiring that track. This discussion harkened me back to an editorial I published in 2011 discussing whether our specialty should take a harder look at requiring research during residency training.1 Little has changed since that editorial. However, what has changed is an increased focus by AAOMS leadership on finding ways to encourage greater participation in research by members of our specialty. In addition, the OMS Foundation grows stronger each year, allowing it to sponsor individual research projects and to assist in underwriting programs such as the Young Investigators’ Day that help cultivate budding researchers. Hopefully this program continues and those in a position to send young promising researchers and researchers-to-be to the event in the future will make promoting attendance a part of their department’s strategy to achieve greater excellence. Cutting-edge investigations and discoveries shape and define the future of our specialty and help insure our success and prominence in the health care field. The AAOMS and OMS Foundation initiatives promoting research need to be recognized and enthusiastically utilized. JAMES R. HUPP, DMD, MD, JD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Reference 1. Hupp JR: Research during residency—Should it be mandated? J Oral Maxillofac Surg 69:2685, 2011
Ó 2015 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2015.06.170
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EDITORIAL J Oral Maxillofac Surg -:1, 2015
Young Investigators Helping Define Our Future
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I recently had the pleasure of participating in the 2015 Young Investigators’ Day program. This biannual event is sponsored by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) and the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) Foundation. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together some of our bright young surgeons who are or have interest in conducting research. The Young Investigators’ Day is sandwiched between 2 other important gatherings, namely the Research Summit and the Resident Education Program. Three things struck me while at the Young Investigators’ meeting. First, the organizers brought together a Who’s Who of outstanding members of our specialty. They included full-time OMS academicians and private practitioners, as well as high-ranking representatives from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Second, the program was well designed to provide audience members with thought-provoking information about achieving success in an OMS career that includes a meaningful research component. The benefits of a full-time academic career were promoted, but the ability to conduct high-powered research while in private practice was also well illustrated by the speakers. The NIH and OMS Foundation representatives discussed grant writing and research funding strategies. Several speakers described ripe areas for OMS investigations, giving detailed information of research projects currently underway. The third thing that impressed me about the conference was the caliber of audience members. Through their questions during the Q-and-A periods and personal discussions it was clear that those in attendance were extremely bright and focused on planning successful research careers. I did have a troubling concern while at the conference. That was what I viewed as a relatively limited number of audience members. I understand that it is difficult for many programs to give faculty release time to attend professional meetings. However, the outstanding quality of the Young Investigators’ Day program and costs to bring together such a stellar group of presenters makes me wonder if there is enough awareness of the program. I feel that if OMS program/department administrators, and perhaps even potential audience participants, knew more about the Young Investigators’ Day event, there would be a higher priority made to send
young faculty members to Rosemont for this program. The program was also designed in a way that would be of great value to OMS residents considering an academic career or wanting to conduct significant research in their private OMS practice. During one of the Q-and-A sessions it was mentioned that it seemed that other surgical disciplines such as general surgery, plastic surgery, and otolaryngology published much more basic and translational research than occurred in our specialty. It was accurately pointed out that one major reason for this is that residency programs in other surgical disciplines frequently require a year or more of research as an integral part of the residency. In some cases the research year is optional, but a defined program exists for those desiring that track. This discussion harkened me back to an editorial I published in 2011 discussing whether our specialty should take a harder look at requiring research during residency training.1 Little has changed since that editorial. However, what has changed is an increased focus by AAOMS leadership on finding ways to encourage greater participation in research by members of our specialty. In addition, the OMS Foundation grows stronger each year, allowing it to sponsor individual research projects and to assist in underwriting programs such as the Young Investigators’ Day that help cultivate budding researchers. Hopefully this program continues and those in a position to send young promising researchers and researchers-to-be to the event in the future will make promoting attendance a part of their department’s strategy to achieve greater excellence. Cutting-edge investigations and discoveries shape and define the future of our specialty and help insure our success and prominence in the health care field. The AAOMS and OMS Foundation initiatives promoting research need to be recognized and enthusiastically utilized. JAMES R. HUPP, DMD, MD, JD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Reference 1. Hupp JR: Research during residency—Should it be mandated? J Oral Maxillofac Surg 69:2685, 2011
Ó 2015 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2015.06.170
1 EDI 5.2.0 DTD YJOMS56895_proof 14 July 2015 11:28 am CE AH
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