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This study evaluates whether medical school priorities or regional MSK disease burden influence MSK curriculum duration.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Publicly available data from 157 U.S. allopathic medical schools were reviewed; 78 schools with identifiable MSK curriculum duration were included. Schools were categorized by primary care emphasis and geographic region using Association of American Medical Colleges classifications. Regional MSK disease burden was obtained from the Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States (BMUS) database. Descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, chi-squared testing, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among the 78 U.S. allopathic medical schools with available curriculum data, the mean MSK curriculum duration was 5.97 weeks (SD 2.72; median 6; range 2-14). Thirty-nine schools (50%) emphasized primary care. MSK curriculum duration did not differ between schools with and without a primary care emphasis (5.79 vs. 6.15 weeks, p = 0.561). No significant differences were observed across geographic regions using either the 4-region (p = 0.500) or 9-division (p = 0.920) classifications. Despite substantial regional variation in MSK disease burden, MSK curriculum duration remained relatively uniform.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>MSK curriculum duration was similar across medical schools, averaging around 6 weeks, regardless of institutional mission or regional disease burden. This suggests that curriculum duration does not vary according to these institutional characteristics and may help inform future discussions regarding undergraduate musculoskeletal curriculum design.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2106\/jbjs.oa.26.00018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]],"date-time":"2026-10-15T18:01:16Z","timestamp":1792087276000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Lack of Curricular Responsiveness to Regional Musculoskeletal Disease Burden in U.S. Medical Education"],"prefix":"10.2106","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-0598-2871","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erica","family":"Olfson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas"},{"name":"Texas Hip and Knee Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-9864-0272","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lachlan","family":"Anderson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas"},{"name":"Texas Hip and Knee Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-8782-3787","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carl","family":"Berghult","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas"},{"name":"Texas Hip and Knee Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5820-1775","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nathaniel","family":"Bridge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Texas Hip and Knee Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas"},{"name":"John Peter Smith Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fort Worth, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4461-8836","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"Shau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas"},{"name":"Texas Hip and Knee Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10]]},"reference":[{"issue":"23","key":"R1-20261015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"945","DOI":"10.5435\/JAAOS-D-20-00485","article-title":"Curriculum reform and new technology to fill the void of musculoskeletal education in medical school curriculum","volume":"28","author":"Lynch","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Am Acad Orthop Surg"},{"issue":"5","key":"R2-20261015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"180","DOI":"10.1249\/JSR.0000000000000713","article-title":"Suggested curricular guidelines for musculoskeletal and sports medicine in family medicine residency training","volume":"19","author":"Brennan","year":"2020","journal-title":"Curr Sports Med Rep"},{"issue":"5","key":"R3-20261015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"369","DOI":"10.22454\/FamMed.2022.975755","article-title":"Family medicine musculoskeletal medicine education: a CERA study","volume":"54","author":"Wu","year":"2022","journal-title":"Fam Med"},{"issue":"4","key":"R4-20261015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"702","DOI":"10.1002\/art.41571","article-title":"Prevalence, deaths, and disability-adjusted life years due to musculoskeletal disorders for 195 countries and territories 1990-2017","volume":"73","author":"Safiri","year":"2021","journal-title":"Arthritis Rheumatol."},{"issue":"4","key":"R5-20261015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"901","DOI":"10.1007\/s11999-015-4511-7","article-title":"Musculoskeletal medicine is underrepresented in the American medical school clinical curriculum","volume":"474","author":"DiGiovanni","year":"2016","journal-title":"Clin Orthop Relat Res."},{"issue":"3","key":"R6-20261015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"895","DOI":"10.1007\/s11999-010-1477-3","article-title":"Progress report: the prevalence of required medical school instruction in musculoskeletal medicine at decade's end","volume":"469","author":"Bernstein","year":"2011","journal-title":"Clin Orthop Relat Res."},{"issue":"9","key":"R7-20261015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1317","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-200109000-00004","article-title":"Educating medical students about musculoskeletal problems. 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