The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2009;91:2750-2755.
doi:10.2106/JBJS.H.01243
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Factors Associated with Successful Performance in an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Allison B. Spitzer, BA1, Mark J. Gage, BA1, Christopher A. Looze, BS1, Michael Walsh, PhD1, Joseph D. Zuckerman, MD1 and Kenneth A. Egol, MD1

1 New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17th Street, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10003. E-mail address for K.A. Egol: kenneth.egol@nyumc.org

Investigation performed at New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY

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With all of the constraints facing residency programs today, such as increasing work-hour restrictions, a changing economy and its accompanying financial pressures, and the current generation of physicians' enhanced interest in lifestyle quality, it is imperative for orthopaedic educators to identify and select the best possible residents to fill our residency programs. Several recent editorials from major orthopaedic journals have discussed identifying resident quality and maximizing success during residency. One such commentary stressed that continuously refining and improving resident education and training are of the utmost importance to the future of orthopaedic surgery (and, indeed, to the future of medicine) because doing so today will facilitate the continued recruitment of top medical students to orthopaedic surgery1. In another recent editorial, in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume), Deputy Editor Marc Swiontkowski remarked that the Orthopaedic Residency Review Committee's expanded role within the Accreditation Council for Graduate . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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The Science of Selecting Successful Residents
John H. Healey, MD, FACS
JBJS Online, 14 Jan 2010 [Full text]
Drs. Egol and Zuckerman respond to Dr. Healey
Kenneth A. Egol, MD, et al.
JBJS Online, 14 Jan 2010 [Full text]