BACKGROUND The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education-mandated 80-hour work week has led many teaching hospitals to find adequate replacements for residents. In addition, the subspecialty of pediatric orthopaedics is currently experiencing a workforce shortage. At the authors' institution, Level I emergency department and hospital on-call duties alternate between orthopaedic reside...

BACKGROUND Orthopaedic sports medicine practices utilize a variety of healthcare professionals to assist physicians in the clinic. The purpose of this study was to investigate patients' perception of orthopaedic knowledge and clinical care provided by orthopaedic medical residents and athletic trainers (ATs). HYPOTHESIS ATs will be perceived similarly to orthopaedic medical residents in overa...

The development of new orthopaedic products depends on a close cooperation between orthopaedic surgeons and the industry. However, in recent years a number of cases of financial collusion between the industry and parts of the professional orthopaedic environment in the US have been exposed. This has highlighted the question of the extent to which orthopaedic-related research and development may...

1Chief Resident, Foot & Ankle Division, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth Texas, USA 2Attending Surgeon/Assistant Director Foot & Ankle, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, John Peter Smith Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bone and Joint Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth Texas, USA 3Assoc...