Open AccessChair Versus Chairman: Does Orthopaedics Use the Gendered Term More Than Other Specialties?
Author(s) -
Connor J. Peck,
Søren Schmidt,
Darin Latimore,
Mary I. O’Connor
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.0000000000000964
Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , term (time) , sports medicine , physical therapy , family medicine , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
Orthopaedics is the least gender-diverse medical specialty. Research suggests that the use of gendered language can contribute to workforce disparity and that gender-neutral language supports the inclusion and advancement of women, but the degree to which gender-neutral language is used by academic departments in what typically is a department's highest position (department chair) has not been characterized.