Number of courses with operative trauma cases that fell within and without expected ranges
| R Cowley shock trauma | Barnes-Jewish hospital | Saint Louis university hospital | ||||
| T/GS | Ortho | T/GS | Ortho | T/GS | Ortho | |
| Two-week course (n=51) | ||||||
| Summer courses case number ranges | 3–13 | 7–21 | 1–8 | 4–17 | 0–9 | 1–10 |
| Winter courses case number ranges | 1–10 | – | 0–7 | – | 0–4 | – |
| Number of summer courses outside of predicted range (per cent of courses) | 0 | 3 (6%) | 1 (2%) | 4 (8%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) |
| Number of winter courses outside of predicted range | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Four-week course (n=49) | ||||||
| Summer courses case number ranges | 11–27 | 23–45 | 4–16 | 15–34 | 2–16 | 6–19 |
| Winter courses case number ranges | 7–20 | – | 2–12 | – | 0–7 | – |
| Number of summer courses outside of predicted range (per cent of courses) | 2 (4%) | 9 (18%) | 2 (4%) | 6 (12%) | 2 (4%) | 6 (12%) |
| Number of winter courses outside of predicted range | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – |
There was no anticipated effect of seasonality on orthopedic case numbers.
Ortho, orthopedics; T/GS, trauma/general surgery.