The statistics are staggering for orthopedic surgery residents and do not at all represent the population of US residents! Distance Traveled's approach introduces under-represented minority highschool students to medicine, in particular orthopedic surgery. A half-day workshop covers:
Distance Traveled spawned from the success of several Perry Initiative programs run locally by one of the program's founders. The lack of women in orthopedic surgery had been successfully targeted via this pipeline program increasing the number of female residents in orthopedic surgery.
We are just getting started! Be part of a organization that breaks the barriers for those under-represented in medicine specifically in orthopedic surgery!
