Here are three takeaways:
1. Perry Initiative in Newark, Del., is a national nonprofit group working to recruit women to be orthopedic surgeons.
2. The students performed six mock orthopedic surgeries throughout the day.
3. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, women constitute only 7 percent of practicing orthopedists and the Association of American Medical Colleges predict a national shortfall of 46,100 surgeons or specialists by 2020.
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