Orthopaedic Faculty and Resident Sex Diversity Are Associated with the Orthopaedic Residency Application Rate of Female Medical Students

Okike, Kanu; Phillips, Donna; F. Swart, Eric; I. O’Connor, Mary

doi:10.2106/jbjs.18.00320

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Orthopaedic Faculty and Resident Sex Diversity Are Associated with the Orthopaedic Residency Application Rate of Female Medical Students

Published in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery • Jun 19, 2019

Authors:

Kanu Okike

Donna Phillips

Eric F. Swart

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The representation of women in orthopaedics in the United States remains among the lowest in all fields of medicine, and prior research has suggested that this underrepresentation may stem from lower levels of interest among female medical students. Of the many proposed reasons for this ...

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Medicine

Orthopedic surgery

Diversity (politics)

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