Where Are the Women in Orthopaedic Surgery?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 474, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1950-1956

  Rohde, Rachel S ^a   Wolf, Jennifer Moriatis ^b   Adams, Julie E ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTELLECT; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; LIFE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTIVATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; MENTOR; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK-LIFE BALANCE; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTORS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS; ORTHOPEDICS; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK-LIFE BALANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84964335240     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-016-4827-y     Document Type: Article

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