A paucity of women among residents, faculty, and chairpersons in orthopaedic surgery

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1746-1748

  Nguyen, Lam ^a   Amin, Nirav H ^b   Vail, Thomas P ^c   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^d   Shah, Anand ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CAREER; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEADERSHIP; MINORITY GROUPS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953973459     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-1125-y     Document Type: Editorial

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