Assessment of Potential Gender Bias in General Surgery Resident Milestone Evaluations

Jamie E Anderson; Nicole K Zern; Kristine E Calhoun; Douglas E Wood; Caitlin A Smith

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3929

Assessment of Potential Gender Bias in General Surgery Resident Milestone Evaluations

JAMA Surg. 2022 Dec 1;157(12):1164-1166. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3929.

Authors

Jamie E Anderson¹, Nicole K Zern¹, Kristine E Calhoun¹, Douglas E Wood¹, Caitlin A Smith¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This quality improvement study uses Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone evaluation scores to compare the scores of men and women surgical residents.

MeSH terms

Accreditation
Clinical Competence
Education, Medical, Graduate
Educational Measurement
Female
General Surgery* / education
Humans
Internship and Residency*
Male
Sexism