An Analysis of Gender Diversity in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Webinars

Ozdag, Yagiz; Baylor, Jessica L.; Delma, Stephanie; Koussaify, Jad El; Zelenski, Nicole A.; Grandizio, Louis C.

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2023.03.021

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“…Once member lists were compiled, we recorded basic demographic information including race and sex in binary categories (white vs. non-white for race and male vs. female for sex) using a previously defined methodology [ 16 , 17 ]. For instances in which sex could not be determined manually, “gender-api” was used which has previously been shown to be >97% accurate in identifying sex based on names [ 19 , 20 ].…”

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“…There have also been efforts from multiple subspecialty societies including the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS), the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) and the North American Spine Society (NASS) [ 13 - 15 ]. These formal initiatives have appeared to have an early effect on enhancing diversity within orthopaedic surgery [ 9 , 11 , 16 , 17 ]. However, many research groups and consortiums exist outside of professional society oversight, and the demographics of group members remain uncertain.…”

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Orthopaedic Research Consortiums: A Review of Scope, Sex and Racial Representation

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Luciani,

Foster

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Introduction The creation of research groups and consortiums has become more common in all medical and surgical specialities. The purpose of this investigation was to assess and describe collaborative research groups and consortiums within orthopaedic surgery. In addition, we aimed to define the demographics of the research consortium members with particular attention to female and minority members. Methods Journals with a musculoskeletal/orthopaedic focus and a few medical journals were selected to identify articles published by research groups and consortiums. Articles published from 2020 to 2022 were manually reviewed. Bibliographic information, author information and level of evidence (LOE) were recorded. For identified consortium members, sex and race were defined in a binary manner. Results A total of 92 research consortiums were identified. A list of members was identified for 77 groups (83.7%), totalling 2,260 researchers. The remaining group members were not able to be identified due to the lack of information in the included publications, research group websites or after communicating with the corresponding author for respective articles. Most researchers were male (n=1,748, 77.3%) and white (n=1,694, 75%). Orthopaedic surgeons comprised 1,613 (71.4%) identified researchers. The most common fellowship training for orthopaedic surgeons was paediatrics (n=370, 16.4%), trauma (n=266, 11.8%) and sports medicine (n=229, 10.1%). The consortiums published 261 articles: women were lead (first) authors in 23% and senior (last) authors in 11.1%. Non-white researchers were lead authors in 24.5% (n=64) and senior authors in 17.2% (n=45). The most common level of evidence was level 3, accounting for 45.6% (n=119) of all publications. Level 1 evidence accounted for 12.6% (n=33) of published articles. Discussion Representation of women in orthopaedic research consortiums exceeds their representation in almost every orthopaedic professional society. There is less publicly available data to compare the involvement of under-represented minorities (URMs) in research consortiums to general practice. Further investigations should analyse possible avenues in which gender and racial disparity could be improved within orthopaedic surgery research.

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