Attitudes on data reuse among internal medicine residents

Authors

  • Fred Willie Zametkin LaPolla Research and Data Librarian, Head of Data Services, NYU Health Sciences Library, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3185-9753
  • Genevieve Milliken Data Services Librarian, NYU Health Sciences Library, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-0659
  • Colleen Gillespie Institute for Innovations in Medical Education, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2024.1772

Keywords:

Graduate Medical Education, data reuse, secondary data analysis, surveys, residents, data services, data curation, GME

Abstract

Background: NYU Langone Health offers a collaborative research block for PGY3 Primary Care residents that employs a secondary data analysis methodology. As discussions of data reuse and secondary data analysis have grown in the data library literature, we sought to understand what attitudes internal medicine residents at a large urban academic medical center had around secondary data analysis. This case report describes a novel survey on resident attitudes around data sharing.

Methods: We surveyed internal medicine residents in three tracks: Primary Care (PC), Categorical, and Clinician-Investigator (CI) tracks as part of a larger pilot study on implementation of a research block. All three tracks are in our institution’s internal medicine program. In discussions with residency directors and the chief resident, the term “secondary data analysis” was chosen over “data reuse” due to this being more familiar to clinicians, but examples were given to define the concept.

Results: We surveyed a population of 162 residents, and 67 residents responded, representing a 41.36% response rate. Strong majorities of residents exhibited positive views of secondary data analysis. Moreover, in our sample, those with exposure to secondary data analysis research opined that secondary data analysis takes less time and is less difficult to conduct compared to the other residents without curricular exposure to secondary analysis.

Discussion: The survey reflects that residents believe secondary data analysis is worthwhile and this highlights opportunities for data librarians. As current residents matriculate into professional roles as clinicians, educators, and researchers, libraries have an opportunity to bolster support for data curation and education.

Author Biographies

Fred Willie Zametkin LaPolla, Research and Data Librarian, Head of Data Services, NYU Health Sciences Library, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY

Fred LaPolla is a Knowledge Management Librarian at the NYU Health Sciences Library. He serves on the Data Services team and as liaison to General Internal Medicine and Radiology. He earned his MLS at Queens College, CUNY.

Genevieve Milliken, Data Services Librarian, NYU Health Sciences Library, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY

Data Services Librarian, NYU Health Sciences Library, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY

Colleen Gillespie, Institute for Innovations in Medical Education, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY

Institute for Innovations in Medical Education, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY

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2024-05-22

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