Inspiring Women in Engineering and Medicine: The Impact of a One-Day STEM Experience on High School Females’ Attitude Toward Male-Dominant Professions

Are our actions matching our words? A review of trainee ethnic and gender diversity in orthopaedic surgery

“…Proven, action-based diversification efforts need to reach students even earlier in their academic career, as female medical students who went into orthopaedic surgery were more likely to report having positive experiences with orthopaedic surgery prior to medical school [ 42 ]. Even a one-day program designed to provide female high school students early exposure to orthopaedic surgery increased interest amongst participants [ 43 ]. This further highlights the importance of early exposure to diversify the orthopaedic surgeon workforce.…”