BACKGROUND The publication requirement for board certification in Small Animal Internal Medicine (SAIM) by the ACVIM is controversial. OBJECTIVES Directly and indirectly evaluate the perceptions SAIM Diplomates have on the publication requirement. A secondary objective was to compare the frequency with which publications submitted for credentialing purposes (CredPubs) were cited compared to control articles. SUBJECTS One thousand two hundred forty-one SAIM Diplomates were sent an electronic survey. METHODS A electronic survey was sent to all SAIM Diplomates. Practice websites were evaluated for reference to publication or research. An electronic database was searched to identify the number of times a subset of CredPubs were cited was compared to control articles. RESULTS Five hundred six individuals responded. The majority of respondents (n = 428, 85.25%) stated the requirement should be retained either with no changes (n = 186, 37.05%) or with clarifications or modifications (n = 242, 48.21%). A minority of respondents (n = 74, 14.7%) felt it should be eliminated. "Understanding the scientific process" was the most commonly selected reason (n = 467, 92.48%) for the publication requirement. All websites that mentioned research or publication did so using a positive sentiment. With regard to relative citation rates; 17% of CredPubs were in the lower quartile, 59.1% of CredPubs were in the interquartile range, and 23.5% were in the upper quartile compared to control articles. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE A majority of SAIM Diplomates favored the retention of the publication requirement in some form. CredPubs were cited at rates similar to control articles.

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小动物内科专家对委员会认证的出版要求的看法和态度。

背景技术ACVIM对小动物内科（SAIM）的董事会认证的公布要求引起争议。目标直接和间接评估SAIM外交官对出版要求的看法。第二个目标是比较与对照文章相比，引用为认证目的提交的出版物（CredPubs）的频率。主题向142个SAIM外交官发送了电子调查。方法将电子调查发送给所有SAIM外交官。对实践网站进行了评估，以供出版或研究参考。搜索电子数据库，以确定将CredPub的一个子集与对照文章进行比较的次数。结果506个人做出了回应。大多数受访者（n = 428，85.25％）表示应保留要求，而不更改（n = 186，37.05％）或进行澄清或修改（n = 242，48.21％）。少数受访者（n = 74，14.7％）认为应该删除它。出版要求最常选择的原因是“了解科学过程”（n = 467，92.48％）。所有提及研究或出版物的网站都是以积极的态度这样做的。关于相对引用率；与对照物品相比，CredPub中的17％位于较低的四分位数，CredPubs中的59.1％位于四分位数范围内，而23.5％在较高的四分位数中。结论和临床意义大多数SAIM文凭者赞成保留某种形式的公开要求。