Gender Differences in Entrustable Professional Activity Evaluations of General Surgery Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine differences in entrustable professional activity (EPA) assessments between male and female general surgery residents.

Summary background data

Evaluations play a critical role in career advancement for physicians. However, female physicians in training receive lower evaluations and underrate their own performance. Competency-based assessment frameworks, such as EPAs, may help address gender bias in surgery by linking evaluations to specific, observable behaviors.

Methods

In this cohort study, EPA assessments were collected from July 2018 to May 2020. The effect of resident sex on EPA entrustment levels was analyzed using multiple linear and ordered logistic regressions. Narrative comments were analyzed using latent dirichlet allocation to identif

SUBMITTER: Padilla EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8514571 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature