Evaluating Differences in Case Volume During Orthopedic Surgery Residency by Gender and Race: A Single-Institution Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gaining operative proficiency requires adequate case volume during orthopedic residency training. Numerous surgical fields have demonstrated that male residents report higher case volume than female residents. In general surgery, racially/ethnically underrepresented in medicine residents report lower case volume than White residents.

Purpose

We sought to evaluate differences in case volume between male and female orthopedic surgery residents and between White residents and those of other races and ethnicities at a single orthopedic residency.

Methods

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education case logs were reviewed for orthopedic residents from 2010 to 2023 at a single institution. Overall residency case volume and volume by post-graduate year (P

SUBMITTER: Rahman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12549597 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature