Orthopaedic Faculty and Resident Racial/Ethnic Diversity is Associated With the Orthopaedic Application Rate Among Underrepresented Minority Medical Students

Okike, Kanu; Phillips, Donna; A. Johnson, Wayne; I. O’Connor, Mary

doi:10.5435/jaaos-d-19-00076

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Orthopaedic Faculty and Resident Racial/Ethnic Diversity is Associated With the Orthopaedic Application Rate Among Underrepresented Minority Medical Students

Published in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • Jul 12, 2019

Authors:

Kanu Okike

Donna Phillips

Wayne A. Johnson

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Orthopaedic surgery is among the least diverse fields in all of medicine. To promote the recruitment of minorities, a commonly proposed strategy is to increase the exposure of minority medical students to orthopaedic surgeons and residents who are minorities themselves. This study exam...

Subject

Medicine

Underrepresented Minority

Orthopedic surgery

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