Location
Philadelphia, PA
Start Date
1-5-2024 1:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2024 4:00 PM
Description
Objective: This study examined the proportion of osteopathic physicians (DO) across various speaking and leadership roles at recent American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meetings.
Design: Meeting programs from the AAOS were publicly accessed and compiled between 2016 and 2021. Two categories of AAOS meeting participants were created. Invited speaker and faculty roles included moderators of symposia and program committee members while authors of presented papers were classified into academic roles. The proportion of DOs in each role type (invited speaker, academic) were recorded for each meeting program. The representation of DO's in these roles were then examined longitudinally across our analysis period using Pearson's Correlation.
Results:Overall, 1.1% (119/10,636) of all roles were held by DOs. Across our analysis period, DOs were disproportionately underrepresented as invited faculty or speakers (0.1%, 4/2791) compared with academic roles (0.1% vs 1.5%, p
Conclusion: Between 2016-2021, DOs were disproportionately represented as invited speakers or faculty at AAOS annual meetings. Our definition of diverse perspectives may need to expand to include osteopathic physicians.
Embargo Period
6-13-2024
Included in
Academic degree bias among speaking and leadership roles at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting 2016-2021
Philadelphia, PA
Objective: This study examined the proportion of osteopathic physicians (DO) across various speaking and leadership roles at recent American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meetings.
Design: Meeting programs from the AAOS were publicly accessed and compiled between 2016 and 2021. Two categories of AAOS meeting participants were created. Invited speaker and faculty roles included moderators of symposia and program committee members while authors of presented papers were classified into academic roles. The proportion of DOs in each role type (invited speaker, academic) were recorded for each meeting program. The representation of DO's in these roles were then examined longitudinally across our analysis period using Pearson's Correlation.
Results:Overall, 1.1% (119/10,636) of all roles were held by DOs. Across our analysis period, DOs were disproportionately underrepresented as invited faculty or speakers (0.1%, 4/2791) compared with academic roles (0.1% vs 1.5%, p
Conclusion: Between 2016-2021, DOs were disproportionately represented as invited speakers or faculty at AAOS annual meetings. Our definition of diverse perspectives may need to expand to include osteopathic physicians.
Comments
Presented by Adam Kazimierczak.