Demographic and training descriptive analysis of National and American Hockey League team physicians

IF 1.5 Q3 ORTHOPEDICS

Journal of orthopaedics Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI:10.1016/j.jor.2024.11.011

Christopher A. White , Reginald M. Brewster , Jennifer Yu , Stephen J. O'Connor , E. Spencer Fox , David Kantrowitz , Paul J. Cagle

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Abstract

Aims/objective

Assess the demographic/education backgrounds of team physicians (TPs) in the National Hockey League (NHL) and American Hockey League (AHL).

Materials/methods

Orthopedic Surgeon (O) and Primary Care (PC) TPs for each NHL and AHL team were recorded based on an internet search. Age, sex, and race were collected. Education and practice information were collected and included programs attended, program region, degree, fellowship completion, fellowship subspeciality, practice setting, and H-indices.

Results

Thirty-nine NHL O, 38 NHL PC, 39 AHL O, and 33 AHL PC TPs were identified. 100 % of O-NHL and -AHL TPs were male while 94.7 % and 87.9 % of NHL and AHL PC TPs were male, respectively. NHL TPs were 53.2 years old on average while AHL TPs were 50.8 years old (p = 0.11). Most TPs were Caucasian. More NHL O TPs were MDs (100 %) compared to NHL PC TPs (84.2 %; p = 0.011); similar trends were seen in the AHL. 66.7 % of NHL O TPs practice in academic settings, compared to 33.3 % of AHL O TPs (p = 0.030). NHL O TPs had the highest H-indices. The most represented residency/fellowship programs were Hospital for Special Surgery and Kerlan-Jobe.

Conclusion

NHL O TPs were more likely to have an MD, be fellowship trained, practice in an academic setting, and had higher H-indices compared to their NHL PC counterparts; similar trends were observed in the AHL. There was an overall lack of diversity amongst TPs in both leagues.

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国家和美国冰球联盟队医的人口统计学和训练描述性分析

目的/目的评估国家冰球联盟（NHL）和美国冰球联盟（AHL）队医（tp）的人口统计学和教育背景。材料/方法通过网络检索记录每个NHL和AHL小组的外科医生(O)和初级保健（PC） TPs。收集了年龄、性别和种族。收集教育和实践信息，包括参加的项目、项目地区、学位、奖学金完成情况、奖学金亚专业、实践环境和h指数。结果共检出NHL O 39例，NHL PC 38例，AHL O 39例，AHL PC tp 33例。O-NHL和-AHL TPs中100%为男性，NHL和AHL PC TPs中分别有94.7%和87.9%为男性。NHL患者平均年龄为53.2岁，AHL患者平均年龄为50.8岁（p = 0.11）。大多数TPs是白种人。与NHL PC TPs（84.2%）相比，NHL O TPs更多为MDs (100%)；p = 0.011)；AHL也出现了类似的趋势。66.7%的NHL O TPs在学术环境中实践，而AHL O TPs的33.3%在学术环境中实践（p = 0.030）。NHL O TPs的h指数最高。最具代表性的住院医师/奖学金项目是特殊外科医院和Kerlan-Jobe。结论NHL O TPs更有可能拥有医学博士学位，接受过奖学金培训，在学术环境中实习，并且与NHL PC同行相比，h指数更高；在AHL中也观察到类似的趋势。在这两个联盟中，球员的多样性总体上是缺乏的。

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Journal of orthopaedics ORTHOPEDICS-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

6.70%

发文量

202

审稿时长

56 days

期刊介绍： Journal of Orthopaedics aims to be a leading journal in orthopaedics and contribute towards the improvement of quality of orthopedic health care. The journal publishes original research work and review articles related to different aspects of orthopaedics including Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, Trauma, Spine and Spinal deformities, Pediatric orthopaedics, limb reconstruction procedures, hand surgery, and orthopaedic oncology. It also publishes articles on continuing education, health-related information, case reports and letters to the editor. It is requested to note that the journal has an international readership and all submissions should be aimed at specifying something about the setting in which the work was conducted. Authors must also provide any specific reasons for the research and also provide an elaborate description of the results.