TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comparison of Demographic Diversity Between Orthopaedic Surgery Residents and ACGME Foot and Ankle Fellows From 2007 to 2022
AU - Joshi, Aditya
AU - Kim, Andrew
AU - Hsu, Nigel
AU - Aiyer, Amiethab
AU - Thompson, John M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/7/1
Y1 - 2024/7/1
N2 - Background: Academic medicine emphasizes the need to recruit a diverse workforce in graduate medical education. Orthopaedic surgery residency has demonstrated efforts to model program compositions with evolving US demographics. However, it remains unclear whether orthopaedic fellowships, particularly foot and ankle, also reflect these efforts. Methods: Using the publicly available Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Data Resource Book, a census of the gender and racial/ethnic identities of orthopaedic foot and ankle fellows, as well as active orthopaedic surgery residents, were compiled from 2007 to 2022. Linear trend analysis was conducted to evaluate the trends of orthopaedic residents and foot and ankle fellows, with a Pearson correlation for comparison. Results: Prior analysis demonstrated no significant change in sex and ethnic diversity of fellows from 2006 to 2015. The majority of foot and ankle fellows were White (31%-69%) and male (63%-88%). Linear analysis demonstrated growing diversity in female and non-White active orthopaedic surgery residents. Similarly, there was an increasing number of female foot and ankle fellows (0%-38%) reflective of the trend in orthopaedic residency (12%-20%); however, there was no significant change among racial/ethnic identities. Pearson correlation analysis between the trend of orthopaedic residency residents and foot and ankle fellows suggests moderate correlation among female, Asian, and “Unknown” racial/ethnic categories. Conclusion: The proportion of foot and ankle female fellows in ACGME-accredited fellowships has matched or exceeded the percentage of female orthopaedic residents. Despite increased diversity of orthopaedic surgery residents over the past 2 decades, ACGME-accredited foot and ankle fellowships do not yet reflect similar trends among racial/ethnic minorities. Level of Evidence: Level III, retrospective cohort study.
AB - Background: Academic medicine emphasizes the need to recruit a diverse workforce in graduate medical education. Orthopaedic surgery residency has demonstrated efforts to model program compositions with evolving US demographics. However, it remains unclear whether orthopaedic fellowships, particularly foot and ankle, also reflect these efforts. Methods: Using the publicly available Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Data Resource Book, a census of the gender and racial/ethnic identities of orthopaedic foot and ankle fellows, as well as active orthopaedic surgery residents, were compiled from 2007 to 2022. Linear trend analysis was conducted to evaluate the trends of orthopaedic residents and foot and ankle fellows, with a Pearson correlation for comparison. Results: Prior analysis demonstrated no significant change in sex and ethnic diversity of fellows from 2006 to 2015. The majority of foot and ankle fellows were White (31%-69%) and male (63%-88%). Linear analysis demonstrated growing diversity in female and non-White active orthopaedic surgery residents. Similarly, there was an increasing number of female foot and ankle fellows (0%-38%) reflective of the trend in orthopaedic residency (12%-20%); however, there was no significant change among racial/ethnic identities. Pearson correlation analysis between the trend of orthopaedic residency residents and foot and ankle fellows suggests moderate correlation among female, Asian, and “Unknown” racial/ethnic categories. Conclusion: The proportion of foot and ankle female fellows in ACGME-accredited fellowships has matched or exceeded the percentage of female orthopaedic residents. Despite increased diversity of orthopaedic surgery residents over the past 2 decades, ACGME-accredited foot and ankle fellowships do not yet reflect similar trends among racial/ethnic minorities. Level of Evidence: Level III, retrospective cohort study.
KW - Demographics
KW - diversity
KW - education
KW - fellowship
KW - residency
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U2 - 10.1177/24730114241263056
DO - 10.1177/24730114241263056
M3 - Article
C2 - 39086379
AN - SCOPUS:85200011262
SN - 2473-0114
VL - 9
JO - Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics
JF - Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics
IS - 3
ER -