AAOS Now, August 2020
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AAOS Refines Its Advocacy Strategy and Tactics to Respond to COVID-19 and Beyond
Advocacy has taken center stage since the COVID-19 pandemic hit our country earlier this year. First, healthcare providers were asked to stop performing elective surgeries in order to preserve personal protective equipment and hospital beds needed for the surge of COVID-19 patients. As a result, hospitals and private practices needed financial relief and sweeping regulatory changes to stay afloat and provide care during these unprecedented circumstances.
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List Outlines Gamers’ 15 Most Common Injuries and Ailments
Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to the articles “eSports Gamers Emerge as the Newest Orthopaedic Patient” and “Orthopaedic Surgeons Weigh In on eSports and Gaming-related Musculoskeletal Injuries,” which appeared in the May and June issues of AAOS Now, respectively.
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Antiquated Maternity Leave Policies Can Deter Med Students
Women represent slightly more than half of U.S. medical students. Despite the steady rise of female medical students, orthopaedic surgery continues to have one of the lowest representations of female surgeons, as only 5 percent of orthopaedic surgeons and 14 percent of residents are women. Surgery and medicine should be genderless careers. However, to understand why there remains a paucity of one gender, one must understand the root cause of why women are not entering orthopaedic surgery.
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Family Planning Poses Challenges for Orthopaedic Surgeons
Work-life balance is often discussed, but significantly less advice is offered for those balancing planning a family with developing a career in orthopaedic surgery. AAOS, with the endorsement of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society and the Diversity Advisory Board, which reports to the AAOS Board of Directors and the Membership Council, hosted a webinar on May 6, titled “Family Planning for the Orthopaedic Surgeon.”