Female Orthopaedic Surgeons Are Less Represented as Head Team Physicians in Collegiate Athletic Programs

IF 4.4 1区医学 Q1 ORTHOPEDICS

Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.arthro.2024.08.045

Olivia R. French B.S. , Hayden Hartman B.S. , Preston M. Terle B.S. , Mia V. Rumps M.S. , Mary K. Mulcahey M.D.

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Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) head team physicians (HTPs), focusing on gender as it relates to divisional variability, medical specialty, and research productivity.

Methods

In December 2022, the NCAA member directory was utilized to obtain HTP information from the top 5 conferences within Divisions I, II, and III (DI, DII, and DIII, respectively). Division I schools were selected from the previously established “Power 5” conferences. Divisions II and III used NCAA rankings. HTP data were collected from publicly available verifiable data sources. Data for gender, Scopus H-index, residency programs, and fellowship programs were collected. Mean, median, skewness, P values, and odds ratios were calculated for analysis.

Results

In total, 186 NCAA institutions were evaluated: 69 DI (37%), 65 DII (35%), and 52 DIII (28%). DIII had the highest female representation (8; 16%). Out of the 67 orthopaedic surgery HTPs, 5 (7.5%) were female and 62 male (92.5%). There is a statistically significant difference in female orthopaedic surgeon representation in the HTP field compared to males (P = .038, α = 0.05). Female orthopaedic surgeons have 38% lower odds of being represented as HTPs compared to males (P = .046, α = 0.05). Female HTPs in Divisions I and III had higher H-indexes than the overall average and median values for their respective divisions.

Conclusions

Female HTPs are significantly less represented compared to males in the NCAA. Furthermore, female orthopaedic surgeons had lower odds of being represented as HTPs compared to their male counterparts. For research productivity, female HTPs impacted the distribution as outliers in Divisions I and III.

Level of Evidence

Level IV, cross-sectional study.

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女性矫形外科医生在大学体育项目中担任首席队医的人数较少。

目的：本研究的目的是评估美国国家大学生体育协会（NCAA）的首席队医（HTP），重点关注性别与分区差异、医学专业和研究生产力的关系：2022 年 12 月，我们利用 NCAA 会员名录获取了第一、第二和第三分部（分别为 DI、DII 和 DIII）前五大联盟的 HTP 信息。第一组的学校选自之前确定的 "五大联盟"。第二组和第三组采用 NCAA 排名。HTP 数据是从可公开验证的数据源中收集的。收集了性别、Scopus H-指数、住院医师项目和研究员项目的数据。计算平均值、中位数、偏度、P 值和几率进行分析：结果：共评估了 186 所 NCAA 院校：69所DI（37%）、65所DII（35%）和52所DIII（28%）。DIII级院校中女性比例最高（8；16%）。在 67 名矫形外科 HTP 中，女性 5 名（7.5%），男性 62 名（92.5%）。与男性相比，矫形外科女医生在 HTP 领域的代表性存在显著的统计学差异（p 值 = 0.038，α = 0.05）。与男性相比，骨科女外科医生成为 HTP 的几率要低 38%（p 值 = 0.046，α = 0.05）。第一分部和第三分部的女性 HTP 的 H 指数高于各自分部的总体平均值和中位值：结论：在 NCAA 中，女性 HTP 的人数明显少于男性。此外，研究还发现，骨科女医生成为 HTP 的几率低于男医生。就研究生产率而言，女性 HTP 在第一组和第三组中的分布异常。

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Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery 医学-外科

CiteScore

9.30

自引率

17.00%

发文量

555

审稿时长

58 days

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