The Graduate Medical Education Research Journal (GMERJ) is a journal available in print and online. It provides a platform for residents and fellows to publish peer-reviewed, high quality scholarly work. GMERJ is affiliated with the Office of Graduate Medical Education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and supports its mission to, “lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care.”
Current Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2 (2025)
Original Reports
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake Among U.S. Medical Residents in High-Exposure-Risk Specialties – A National Study
Madison Oxford, Christina Stetter, and Arpit Dave
Improving Resident Orientation to Anesthesiology Subspecialties Using a Structured “Passport”
Ky Raymond, Adam Jackson, Angela McElrath, Kathryne Corrigan, Ivan Barannikov, Kayla Knuf, and Kelly Ivins-O'Keefe
Urology Resident Associate: A Promising Alternative for the Unmatched Urology Applicant
Jayson Kemble, Grace Handleman, Chad A. LaGrange, and Christopher M. Deibert
Research Productivity Variation in Applicants Who Matched into Home Orthopaedic Surgery Programs
Frances Akwuole, Cole Christenson, Freddy Jacome, James MacLeod, Omar Shaikh, Michael W. Pullen, Avani Chopra, Owen Lema, Justin Lee, Sia Cho, Annemarie K. Leonard, and Alfonso Mejia
Factors Associated With Tooth Loss in Periodontal Maintenance Patients: A Retrospective Study
Nicholas D. Stolze, Randin A. Rawlings, W. Edward Hardy, Kaeli K. Samson, Laura E. Ruiz, Bobbie J. Fowler, Kavya Shankar Muttanahally, and Jeffrey B. Payne
Assessing Access to Orthopaedic Care for Patients With Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Annemarie K. Leonard, Kara Ayers, Lauren Faokunla, Kaeli Samson, Erika Carter, Tracy Hart, and Maegen Wallace
Literature Review (Systematic or Meta-Analysis)
Analgesic Safety and Efficacy of Intrathecal Morphine in Elective Posterior Lumbar Fusion: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses
Luke J. Weisbrod, Jordan M. Rasmussen, Cindy Schmidt, and Daniel L. Surdell
Case Reports
A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in Texas, United States
Divya Chandramohan, Moyosore Awabajo-Otesanya, Deepak Chandramohan, and James C. Saca
Salt Vs. Scalpel: A Surprisingly Simple Solution to Pyogenic Granulomas
Richard M. Regester and Kimberly Eisenstein
Perspective/Commentary
Sickle Cell Disease: A Story of Injustice and Neglect
Nosakhare Edogun, Rosalyn Marar, and Jasmine R. Marcelin
Letter to the Editor
Standardizing Embolization Terminology in Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding: Therapeutic, Preventive, and Empiric Approaches
Nurlan Aliyev, Lei Yu, Fedja A. Rochling, and Ishfaq Bhat