title: African Americans and women in orthopaedic residency. The Johns Hopkins experience.
abstract: At the Johns Hopkins Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, African Americans have comprised 22.9% of all residents admitted through the match program between enrollment years 1992 and 1998, and women have comprised 14.3%. The number of African American residents within the Orthopaedic program during any given academic year has been as high as 32%, and the number of female residents has been as high as 20%. These numbers have been achieved even though African Americans comprise only 1.5% of all United States orthopaedists, whereas women comprise only 2.3%. This achievement has been the result of a commitment by the chairman of the Johns Hopkins Department of Orthopaedic Surgery to develop diversity within the department's residency program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015142:Baltimore; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011640:Public Policy; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014930:Women