Has diversity increased in orthopaedic residency programs since 1995? General

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2319-2324

  Daniels, Eldra W ^a,b   French, Keisha ^b,c   Murphy, Laurie A ^d   Grant, Richard E ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; ETHNIC GROUP; FACULTY PRACTICE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ABORIGINE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RACE; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84866448352     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2259-x     Document Type: Article

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