Effects of gender in resident evaluations and certifying examination pass rates.

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 S

SUBMITTER: Sulistio MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322320 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature