Gender Bias and Ophthalmology Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones Evaluations.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women remain underrepresented in ophthalmology and gender-based disparities exist in salary, grant receipt, publication rates, and surgical volume throughout training and in practice. Although studies in emergency medicine and general surgery showed mixed findings regarding gender differences in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Milestones ratings, limited data exist examining such differences within ophthalmology.

Objective

To examine gender differences in ophthalmology ACGME Milestones.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of postgraduate year 4 (PGY-4) residents from 120 ophthalmology programs graduating in 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

PGY-4 midyear and year-end medical kno

SUBMITTER: Huh DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10502694 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature