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Women in surgical residency training programs.

Laurel C Blakemore1, Janette M Hall, J Sybil Biermann

  • 12912 Taubman Center, Box 0328, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0328, USA.

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume
|December 12, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Orthopaedic surgery lags behind other surgical fields in recruiting women. Despite increased female enrollment in medical school, orthopaedics shows a stagnant recruitment rate, hindering gender diversity in surgical training.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Surgical Training
  • Gender Diversity in Medicine

Background:

  • Growing number of women entering surgical fields.
  • Need to assess gender representation in orthopaedic surgery training programs.
  • Comparison of orthopaedics with other surgical specialties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if orthopaedic surgery recruitment of women differs significantly from other surgical fields.
  • Analyze trends in female trainee recruitment in orthopaedics.
  • Evaluate gender representation in surgical residencies.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of American Association of Medical Colleges data (1970-2001, excluding 1975).
  • Utilized linear regression models to assess changes in women's percentage in orthopaedic residencies.

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  • Compared the proportion of female residents choosing orthopaedics versus other surgical specialties.

    • Main Results:

    • Women in medical school increased from 11.1% (1970) to 47.8% (2001).
    • Women in orthopaedic residencies increased from 0.6% (1970) to 9.0% (2001), remaining the lowest among primary surgical fields.
    • Recruitment rate of women into orthopaedics has significantly lagged behind other surgical fields and shows a plateau over the last two decades.

    Conclusions:

    • Orthopaedic surgery has been less successful in recruiting female trainees compared to other surgical fields.
    • The recruitment rate for women in orthopaedics appears to have leveled off.
    • Increased numbers of women entering medicine may not sufficiently improve gender representation in orthopaedic surgery training.