Effects of gender in resident evaluations and certifying examination pass rates

Autor: Melanie S. Sulistio, Amit Khera, Kathryn Squiers, Monika Sanghavi, Colby R. Ayers, Weifeng Weng, Salahuddin Kazi, James de Lemos, David H. Johnson, Lynne Kirk
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Medical Education, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-018-1440-7
Popis: Abstract Background Though the proportion of female Internal Medicine (IM) residents and faculty has increased, there is minimal large scale modern data comparing resident performance by gender. This study sought to examine the effects of resident and faculty gender on resident evaluations. Methods Retrospective observational study over 5 years in a single IM program. IM certifying examination pass rates were obtained from the American Board of IM. Results Four hundred eighty-eight residents (195 women, 293 men), evaluated by 430 attending physicians (163 women, 270 men) were included. Twelve thousand six hundred eighty-one evaluations between 2007 and 2012 were analyzed. Female residents scored higher in two domains (Medical Interviewing, and Interpersonal and Communication Skills) (p
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