The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2009;91:1542-1545.
doi:10.2106/JBJS.H.01645
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Funding of Educational Opportunities in Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Training

A Survey of Residency Program Directors and Chairs

A. Alex Jahangir, MD1, John H. Flint, MD2 and Samir Mehta, MD3

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Avenue G2, Minneapolis, MN 55415. E-mail address: ajahangi@gmail.com
2 Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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   Introduction
 
As funding for graduate medical education continues to decline, finding sources of funding for orthopaedic resident education is a major issue for residency programs, health systems, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), and the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA). The majority of funding for orthopaedic residency programs in the United States includes federal funding from Medicare and Medicaid to the academic health center, funding from faculty and endowments, contributions from individual hospitals and institutions, and industry financial support of courses and the provision of other educational resources1-10. With the continued decrease in federal government funding for graduate medical education and the decrease in funding from industry secondary to concerns about conflicts of interest, many residency programs may need to evaluate other sources of funding to meet the educational needs of their residents. We conducted a survey of residency program directors and chairs to better understand the funding sources for . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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