Journal article
Is there gender bias in the evaluation of surgical residents?
Surgery, v 102(2), pp 297-299
01 Aug 1987
PMID: 3616917
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Abstract
Although it might be assumed that the performance of surgical residents is assessed by faculty without regard to gender, no study to date has been undertaken to evaluate this. for 19 years, the Department of Surgery in our institution has had female faculty members to evaluate residents and, with the exception of 1969, female residents to be evaluated. All residents are evaluated by supervisory faculty after each clinical rotation. The same evaluation process has been used throughout this time, assessing residents on a five-point scale (1 = best) in each of six attributes: ethics, judgment, technical skills, knowledge, interpersonal skills, and work habits. The faculty evaluations of general surgery residents from academic years 1967 to 1985 were reviewed. A total of 2356 evaluations of 144 residents (22% female) by 69 faculty members (22% female) was available. For valid comparison, a subset of 702 evaluations was selected. Included were only those evaluations in which residents at the same level of training during the same academic year were evaluated by the same faculty members and in which both the resident and faculty groups had both male and female members. The average scores for male and female residents were nearly identical as determined by male and female faculty members, and no differences were statistically significant. In our program, with more than 20% women residents and faculty members over a 19-year period, no bias related to gender was demonstrated.
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- Title
- Is there gender bias in the evaluation of surgical residents?
- Creators
- C Z HaywardA SachdevaJ R Clarke
- Publication Details
- Surgery, v 102(2), pp 297-299
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1987J463900025
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0023620415
- Other Identifier
- 991019184200104721
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