Published results showed most Black orthopedic surgeons reported experiencing workplace discrimination, bias and exclusion that could be categorized as subtypes of racial microaggressions during orthopedic residency.
“Leaders in orthopedic departments need to take a step back and realize that this is likely happening at their program, and they need to be more proactive at reaching out to their Black, and particularly Black female, trainees to ask them if this is happening and how they can help,” Jaysson T. Brooks, MD, assistant professor at UT Southwestern and staff pediatric