The new application cycle is coming up.
Many people are leaving academia bc of "publish or perish." Authors are literally paying money (instead of being paid) to publish their work.
Can we agree to stop this harmful race, and stop glorifying this metric?
But this perception is toxic.
The # of pubs does not encapsulate who you are as a provider, trainee, teacher, or teammate. It does not measure quality, impact, or altruism.
It’s just a crude metric. And it has started some very alarming data trends in med ed… /
Residents- Instead of saying to med students “you can go home if you want” can we just say “time for you to go home now!”
That way they don’t have to debate if it looks bad to leave 🏡 🏡