Trends in leadership at orthopaedic surgery sports medicine fellowships

Table 1 Demographics of sports medicine fellowship directors

Demographics
Male	80 (97.5%)
Female	2 (2.5%)
Race/ethnicity
Caucasian	84.15% (n = 69)
Asian-Americans	7.32% (n = 6)
Hispanic/Latinos	2.44% (n = 2)
African American	2.44% (n = 2)
Other	3.66% (n = 3)
Mean age, yr	56 ± 9.00 (n = 76)
Mean FD Scopus H-index	23.49 ± 16.57 (n = 81)

FD: Fellowship director.

Table 2 Education, employment, and leadership progression of sports medicine fellowship directors

Education and employment progression	mean ± SD
Mean calendar year of residency graduation	1996 ± 15.00 (n = 73)
Mean calendar year of fellowship graduation	1997 ± 9.51 (n = 73)
Mean duration from fellowship graduation to earning position of FD	9.77 yr ± 7.33 (n = 57)
Mean duration of employment at current institution	18.20 yr ± 9.12 (n = 65)
Mean duration that FD has held position as FD	13.14 yr ± 9.54 (n = 59)
Mean time from year of hire by current institution to year promoted to FD	4.72 yr ± 7.93 (n = 64)
Institutional loyalty	n (%)
FDs currently working at same institution as Residency training	14 (17.07)
FDs currently working at same institution as Fellowship training	18 (21.95)
FDs currently working at same institution as both Residency and Fellowship training	5 (6.10)
Correlation of research productivity	r (P value)
Years as FD vs Scopus H-index	0.29 (0.02)
Age vs Scopus H-index	0.38 (0.001)1

¹Correlation is significant. FD: Fellowship director.

Table 3 Additional team physician roles of sports medicine fellowship directors, n (%)

Team physician roles
Fellowship directors’ team physician status	n = 82
Yes	57 (69.51)
No	25 (30.49)
Professional vs collegiate	n = 57
Professional	32 (56.14)
Collegiate	17 (29.82)
Both	8 (14.04)
Sport	n = 103
University-wide Athletics	26 (25.24)
Professional other	23 (22.33)
Professional baseball	20 (19.41)
Professional football	16 (15.53)
Professional hockey	8 (7.77)
Professional basketball	7 (6.80)
Professional soccer	3 (2.91)

FD: Fellowship director.