Editor’s Note: This account demonstrates how passion and persistence can lead to a successful career in orthopaedic surgery. I decided to pursue a career in orthopaedic surgery when I was in medical school. I had no female role models, yet I aspired to become an...
Editor’s Note: This account documents egregious attitudes and comments that were endured during an orthopaedic education. These comments were not made recently, and it is hoped that attitudes and decorum have evolved since then. I was discouraged from pursuing an...
Editor’s Note: This account describes a nuanced approach to providing orthopaedic care in a financially restrictive marketplace. The final job in my career involves employing myself. I am in solo practice. The reimbursement system for health care in this country does...
Editor’s Note: A method of resident-devised direct feedback about macroaggressions used prior to social media. Today, groups such as SpeakUpOrtho, WomenofOrthopaedics, inspire.ortho, and others are shedding light on the macro and microaggressions experienced by women...
Editor’s Note: This account includes many pearls which are important to successful career building. They merit contemplation. I am a unicorn in orthopaedic surgery; this means as a woman, as a kid who grew up on a farm, as a former oncology nurse clinician-educator...
