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Katherine Ji1, Jackson Mitchell1, Kailey C Marlowe2
1Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
Introduction:
Orthopedic surgery lacks gender parity owing to several barriers to women. Residency programs may increase gender parity by considering factors influencing women's residency choices. The purpose of our study is to determine if factors such as having a women-friendly institutional climate, transparent parental leave policy, or more women residents, faculty, and leaders related to a higher percentage of women interns in orthopedic residency programs. We also aimed to find how women consider the above factors compared to others such as early surgical experience and program prestige.
Methods:
Residency program websites (n = 188) were reviewed for percentage of women interns, residents/alumni, and faculty; women leaders; parental leave transparency; and other key institutional factors. Orthopedic attendings/residents (n = 84) were surveyed on the importance of these factors versus other factors (e.g., program prestige) in ranking residencies.
Results:
With respect to the first study question, percentage of women interns was positively correlated with percentages of women residents/alumni/faculty and woman-friendly institutional factors. With respect to the second study question, survey respondents valued numbers of women attendings/leaders/residents and institutional climate while deemphasizing parental leave policy. However, greater importance was placed on other factors (early surgical experience, location, program prestige).
Conclusions:
Literature shows that orthopedic surgery lacks gender diversity. Institutional climate and other women in the program are important factors in women's residency program choices, along with other variables. Programs emphasizing these factors may increase numbers of women applicants. Orthopedic residency programs can increase their percentage of women interns by increasing their percentage of women alumni/faculty and women-friendly institutional factors. This will improve practicing physician demographics and reduce gender disparities in healthcare.
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