Bias in Residency Evaluations

There’s a scary, but important, recent article in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education by Mueller et al called “Gender Differences in Attending Physicians’ Feedback to Residents: A Qualitative Analysis.” As you might have guessed, male and female residents were given – on average – very different types of evaluations from faculty. Here’s a link to the study and a podcast with an interview of the physician-authors.

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About Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more

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