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. 2024 Dec 17;16(12):e75918.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.75918. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Diversity of Trauma and Orthopaedic Trainees and Workplace Culture of Orthopaedic Training in the United Kingdom: Insights From the 2022 British Orthopaedic Trainee Association (BOTA) Census

Karen Chui  1 , Kumar Kaushik Dash  1 , Vasudev A Zaver  1 , Adrian Andronic  1 , James R Allen  1 , James E Archer  1
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Diversity of Trauma and Orthopaedic Trainees and Workplace Culture of Orthopaedic Training in the United Kingdom: Insights From the 2022 British Orthopaedic Trainee Association (BOTA) Census

Karen Chui et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

The British Orthopaedic Trainee Association (BOTA) conducted its latest census in 2022 of its membership. The results of wellbeing, diversity, equity, inclusion and bullying are discussed here. This highlighted several key focuses for improvement. Firstly, further work is required to improve diversity within trauma and orthopaedics. Secondly, burnout amongst trainees is increasing, and we risk losing colleagues from the speciality without action. Finally, bullying and harassment are still witnessed within orthopaedics, and ways to address this are discussed.

Keywords: bullying in healthcare; diversity and inclusion; resident well-being; surgeon burnout; workforce.

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Human subjects: Consent for treatment and open access publication was obtained or waived by all participants in this study. Animal subjects: All authors have confirmed that this study did not involve animal subjects or tissue. Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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