Background: There are little data to explain why the surgical subspecialty of orthopaedic
surgery struggles with improving the racial/ethnic composition of its workforce. The current …

Background: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has adopted the strategic
goal of evolving its culture and governance to become more strategic, innovative, and …

Methods: Using data provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges, we
identified all US medical schools that were affiliated with an orthopaedic department and an …

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated a lack of diversity in orthopaedics;
however, it is unclear whether this observation is unique to orthopaedics or similar to other …

Background: Orthopaedic surgery has generally lagged behind other surgical subspecialties
with respect to racial and ethnic diversity in its US residency programs. Efforts have been …

Background: The representation of minorities among medical students has increased over
the past two decades, but diversity among orthopaedic residents lags behind. This …

Background: Although the US population is increasingly diverse, the field of orthopaedic
surgery has historically been less diverse. The purpose of this study was to quantify the …

Background: 15% of orthopedic surgery trainees in 2018-2019 in ACGME accredited
programs are female, which lags behind all other specialties. Methods: The bottleneck for …

Background A diverse physician workforce improves the quality of care for all patients, and
there is a need for greater diversity in orthopaedic surgery. It is important that medical …

Background: Multiple investigations in the past 50 years have documented a lack of
racial/ethnic and gender diversity in the orthopaedic surgery workforce when compared with …