TABLE V.

Impact of Self-Identified Race on Council of Orthopaedic Residency Director Standardized Letters of Recommendation Domain Ratings*

Domain	Self-Identify White (Mean ± SD, n = 303)	Do Not Self-identify White (Mean ± SD, n = 191)	p
Patient care	86.3 ± 9.3	87.0 ± 8.3	0.65
Medical knowledge	87.0 ± 9.6	87.4 ± 7.8	0.68
Interpersonal and communication	87.7 ± 9.9	87.7 ± 8.9	0.39
Procedural	86.2 ± 9.7	86.9 ± 8.3	0.72
Research	88.3 ± 10.4	89.3 ± 8.1	1
Ability to work within a team	89.8 ± 8.9	89.6 ± 8.0	0.21
Professionalism	91.0± 7.4	90.6 ± 7.3	0.38
Initiative and drive	90.2 ± 8.3	90.8 ± 7.0	0.91
Commitment to orthopaedic surgery	90.2 ± 7.3	91.7 ± 6.2	0.025

^*Bolded entries represent statistical significance (p < 0.05).