Open AccessWhat Proportion of Women Who Received Funding to Attend a Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society Meeting Pursued a Career in Orthopaedics?
Author(s) -
Sravya P. Vajapey,
Lisa K. Cannada,
Julie Balch Samora
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000720
Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , gerontology , family medicine , sports medicine , physical therapy , surgery
Orthopaedic surgery has the lowest percentage of women residents and faculty of any medical and surgical specialty. Diversity in medicine has been shown to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. Although some scholarships are designed to increase the exposure of women medical students to orthopaedic surgery, the impact of those scholarships is largely unknown.