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Diversity in Leadership at Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowships in the United States

Musculoskeletal oncology fellowship directors (MOFDs) possess the unique ability to influence treatment paradigms in musculoskeletal oncology through teaching and research. Currently, the characteristics that define this important role including demographics, training characteristics, research activ...

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Autores principales: Silvestre, Jason, Thompson, Terry L, Nelson, Charles L, Adams, Brock W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10066706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37012945
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35688
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author Silvestre, Jason
Thompson, Terry L
Nelson, Charles L
Adams, Brock W
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description Musculoskeletal oncology fellowship directors (MOFDs) possess the unique ability to influence treatment paradigms in musculoskeletal oncology through teaching and research. Currently, the characteristics that define this important role including demographics, training characteristics, research activity, and grant funding are poorly defined. A list of musculoskeletal oncology fellowship programs was obtained from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Match. Bibliometric data including the h-index were abstracted from Scopus. Demographics, training, and federal grant characteristics were collected from academic websites. Comparisons were made using t-tests and data were presented as means ± SD. The average age at the appointment was 41±9 years and most were male (80%) and Caucasian (85%). Few had an additional graduate degree (10% MS, 5% PhD). The mean h-index was 23±15 resulting from 91±56 publications. There was a positive correlation between age and h-index (r=0.398, p=0.082). Four MOFDs (20%) had at least one National Institutes of Health research grant. Sex, race, additional graduate degree, and procurement of NIH funding were not associated with higher h-index values. Full professors had higher h-index values than assistant/associate professors (p=0.014). Women and racial minorities are underrepresented among leadership positions in musculoskeletal oncology fellowship programs. This study can help provide a benchmark for departments in orthopedic surgery and aspiring orthopedic surgeons for MOFD positions.
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spelling pubmed-100667062023-04-02 Diversity in Leadership at Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowships in the United States Silvestre, Jason Thompson, Terry L Nelson, Charles L Adams, Brock W Cureus Orthopedics Musculoskeletal oncology fellowship directors (MOFDs) possess the unique ability to influence treatment paradigms in musculoskeletal oncology through teaching and research. Currently, the characteristics that define this important role including demographics, training characteristics, research activity, and grant funding are poorly defined. A list of musculoskeletal oncology fellowship programs was obtained from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Match. Bibliometric data including the h-index were abstracted from Scopus. Demographics, training, and federal grant characteristics were collected from academic websites. Comparisons were made using t-tests and data were presented as means ± SD. The average age at the appointment was 41±9 years and most were male (80%) and Caucasian (85%). Few had an additional graduate degree (10% MS, 5% PhD). The mean h-index was 23±15 resulting from 91±56 publications. There was a positive correlation between age and h-index (r=0.398, p=0.082). Four MOFDs (20%) had at least one National Institutes of Health research grant. Sex, race, additional graduate degree, and procurement of NIH funding were not associated with higher h-index values. Full professors had higher h-index values than assistant/associate professors (p=0.014). Women and racial minorities are underrepresented among leadership positions in musculoskeletal oncology fellowship programs. This study can help provide a benchmark for departments in orthopedic surgery and aspiring orthopedic surgeons for MOFD positions. Cureus 2023-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10066706/ /pubmed/37012945 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35688 Text en Copyright © 2023, Silvestre et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Diversity in Leadership at Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowships in the United States
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title_short Diversity in Leadership at Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowships in the United States
title_sort diversity in leadership at musculoskeletal oncology fellowships in the united states
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10066706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37012945
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35688
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