Future of women orthopaedists: signs of optimism in a 3-year follow-up survey
Conclusions:
Women have given many possible reasons for not choosing orthopaedic surgery, such as wanting a better work-life balance, perceptions of physical strength needed, a closed “boy’s club,” not enough exposure, and lack of female role models, yet most of them replied the field is “just not interesting.” The authors suggest in concordance to the literature that having more opportunity for exposure and more female role models would increase gender diversity in orthopaedics.
Level of Evidence:
Level IV.
Source: Current Orthopaedic Practice - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Special Focus: Practice Perspectives Source Type: research
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