Is There Gender Disparity in Orthopedic Surgery Resident Research Productivity?

ABSTRACT: Background: Compared with male senior authors, female senior authors publish less often in orthopedic journals than expected based on their population proportion. It is unknown whether this trend is also present among orthopedic trainees. Purpose: We sought to determine whether there is a gender discrepancy in the publication volume and authorship status among orthopedic residents. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to evaluate the research productivity of male and female orthopedic residents. The top 10 ranked US orthopedic surgery residencies by research output in 2021-2022 were obtained from Doximity. Residents' names were recorded from each institution's residency website. We classified each resident as male or female, searched on PubMed, and recorded

SUBMITTER: Ellsworth BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393628 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature