有多少获得参加 Ruth Jackson 矫形外科学会会议资助的女性从事了矫形外科领域的工作？
What Proportion of Women Who Received Funding to Attend a Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society Meeting Pursued a Career in Orthopaedics?
机构信息
S. Vajapey, J. Balch Samora, Department of Orthopedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA L. K. Cannada, Jacksonville, FL, USA J. Balch Samora, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
出版信息
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Jul;477(7):1722-1726. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000720.
BACKGROUND
Orthopaedic surgery has the lowest percentage of women residents and faculty of any medical and surgical specialty. Diversity in medicine has been shown to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. Although some scholarships are designed to increase the exposure of women medical students to orthopaedic surgery, the impact of those scholarships is largely unknown.
QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: To determine the proportion of medical students who received a scholarship to attend the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) annual meeting and later pursued a career in orthopaedic surgery.
METHODS
The RJOS scholarship was advertised through the RJOS website, current members, and newsletters. Any RJOS medical student member in good standing was eligible to receive the award. Eighty-one scholarship winners were selected from 2003 to 2016. From 2003 to 2010, there were two awards each year. Starting in 2011, 10 students were selected yearly, and these numbers increased annually secondary to increased industry financial support. Recipients received a check for USD 1500 and were able to attend both the RJOS and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meetings. We collected the names of all RJOS medical student scholarship winners from 2003 to 2016, and one author performed an internet search to determine whether these individuals are currently in an orthopaedic residency program or are orthopaedic surgeons. Secondary confirmation was performed to ensure accuracy by the RJOS administrative staff and the other two authors, independently, after the initial results were tabulated.
RESULTS
Of the 81 scholarship winners, 65 women (80%) now either practice orthopaedic surgery or are in an orthopaedic surgery residency program. Of the applicants who were not selected as scholarship recipients from 2014-2016, 44.9% went on to pursue a career in orthopaedics.
CONCLUSIONS
The RJOS scholarship may have helped young women decide to pursue careers in orthopaedic surgery, although it is also possible that some scholarship winners were inclined to do so before receiving the funding. Based partly on these results, the RJOS continues to award this scholarship. Future studies evaluating the impact of such scholarships and comparing them with alternative recruitment methods such as summer camps might be useful in determining the most effective way of increasing minority representation in orthopaedics, a factor that has been shown to be clinically relevant and one that can contribute to patient satisfaction.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
Level IV, therapeutic study.
背景
矫形外科是医学和外科专业中女性住院医师和教职员工比例最低的专业。医学领域的多样性已被证明可以改善患者的治疗效果和满意度。尽管有些奖学金旨在增加女医学生对矫形外科的了解，但这些奖学金的影响在很大程度上尚不清楚。
问题/目的：确定获得奖学金参加 Ruth Jackson 矫形外科协会（RJOS）年会并随后从事矫形外科工作的医学生的比例。
方法
通过 RJOS 网站、现任成员和通讯向任何符合条件的 RJOS 医学生会员宣传该奖学金。从 2003 年到 2016 年，共选出 81 名奖学金获得者。从 2003 年到 2010 年，每年有两个奖项。从 2011 年开始，每年有 10 名学生被选中，由于行业资金支持的增加，这一数字逐年增加。获奖者将获得 1500 美元的支票，并且能够参加 RJOS 和美国矫形外科医师学会的年会。我们从 2003 年到 2016 年收集了所有 RJOS 医学生奖学金获得者的姓名，其中一位作者在互联网上进行了搜索，以确定这些人是否目前正在接受矫形外科住院医师培训或是否为矫形外科医生。在最初的结果被制表后，RJOS 行政人员和其他两位作者独立进行了二次确认，以确保准确性。
结果
在 81 名奖学金获得者中，有 65 名女性（80%）现在要么从事矫形外科工作，要么正在接受矫形外科住院医师培训。在 2014 年至 2016 年期间未被选为奖学金获得者的申请人中，有 44.9%选择从事矫形外科工作。
结论
虽然 RJOS 奖学金可能帮助年轻女性决定从事矫形外科工作，但也有可能一些奖学金获得者在获得资金之前就倾向于这样做。基于这些结果，RJOS 继续颁发该奖学金。评估此类奖学金的影响并将其与夏令营等替代招聘方法进行比较的未来研究可能有助于确定增加少数族裔在矫形外科中的代表性的最有效方法，这一因素已被证明具有临床相关性，并有助于提高患者满意度。
证据水平
IV 级，治疗研究。
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