Rates of publication of FCPS dissertations in international and national peer-review journals among residents at AKUH; A cross sectional review of 15 years Authors Ainulakbar Mughal Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Syed Akbar Abbas Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Abdul Basit Shah Vargad Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Muhammad Wasif Department of Head and Neck Surgery Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Soubia Akhtar Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi Ayesha Abbasi Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.AKU-09 Abstract Objective: To see the rate of publication of postgraduate residents' dissertation.Method: The single-centre retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital,Karachi, and comprised research publications from the residents of the departments of Surgery and Medicine whograduated between 2005 and 2020. The surgical subspecialties included Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Dentistry,General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatric Surgery, Urology, Plastic Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery. Datacomprised demographics, current institution, current designation, information on dissertation/paper publication,topic of study, year of completion of dissertation, input from the research department, delay in exam due toincomplete dissertation and whether the paper got published in national or international journal. Data was analysedusing SPSS 21.Results: Of the 103 subjects, 70(68%) were males and 33(32%) were females, while 73(70.8%) belonged to surgicalspecialties and 30(29.2%) were from non-surgical specialties. Of the 22(22.9%) who were able to convert, 12(54.5%)publications were carried by national peer-reviewed journals, while 10(45.4%) were carried by international journals;9(40.9%) unpaid peer review journals and 13(59.1%) paid journals. Delay in exam due to incomplete dissertation wasfaced by only 16(16.6%) candidates.Conclusion: The rate of publication for resident dissertation was found to be low. Continuous... Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-02-08 How to Cite Ainulakbar Mughal, Syed Akbar Abbas, Abdul Basit Shah Vargad, Muhammad Wasif, Soubia Akhtar, & Ayesha Abbasi. (2022). Rates of publication of FCPS dissertations in international and national peer-review journals among residents at AKUH; A cross sectional review of 15 years. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(01). https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.AKU-09 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 72 No. 01 (2022): 7th AKU Annual Surgical Conference Section RESEARCH ARTICLE