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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 80:1534-51 (1998)
© 1998 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Symposium

Symposium - Orthopaedic Workforce in the Next Millennium

JAMES D. HECKMAN, M.D. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, PAUL P. LEE, M.D., J.D. DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA, CATHERINE A. JACKSON, PH.D., DANIEL RELLES, PH.D. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, JAMES N. WEINSTEIN, D.O., M.S. HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MARK C. GEBHARDT, M.D. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHAEL A. SIMON, M.D. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JOHN J. CALLAGHAN, M.D. IOWA CITY, IOWA and ROBERT D. D'AMBROSIA, M.D. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

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This is a landmark event. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has been invited by the American Orthopaedic Association to put together a symposium of interest to orthopaedic surgeons. In light of what has happened in the marketplace over the last couple of years, the orthopaedic workforce became our obvious choice. I think that my predecessors in this office have probably heard more concern raised by the fellowship of the Academy with regard to workforce than about any other single issue that we have faced during the last decade. While some of these concerns are perhaps more perceived than real, they certainly are vocalized very loudly. The Academy leadership feels frustrated because of our inability to do very much to address the situation directly. We cannot mandate or direct that the number of residency positions be cut or that a number of our fellows retire or anything else to affect . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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