title: Gender differences in attrition from orthopaedic surgery residency.
abstract: We conducted a national survey of orthopaedic surgery residency program directors regarding resident attrition. Female residents had a statistically higher attrition rate than male residents (p < 0.001). The female early withdrawal residents left voluntarily and for personal reasons more often than their male counterparts. These tendencies, however, were not statistically significant. We feel that more in-depth counseling of female medical students and increased mentoring for women in orthopaedic residency could help prevent this attrition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hubbard
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States