Background: CPEs are
innately subjective measures of evaluation but account for a large percentage
of clerkship grades. This study evaluates the objective measures (NBME subject
examination and in-house subject test) and CPEs of third year OB/GYN clerkship
students. Objective and subjective data will be compared to assess for
differences based on gender of the student. Further analysis of evaluator
gender on CPEs provided for both male and female students will be evaluated. By
collecting objective and subjective student data, and taking evaluator gender
into account, this study intends to fill in the gaps of previous gender bias
research which has not assessed all factors in combination.
Methods: Retrospective
analysis of 1,407 CPEs by 50 evaluators for 249 third year medical students
completing the OB/GYN clerkship at KUSOM from May 2016 through May 2018.
Student/evaluator gender, length of observation, overall clinical performance
and objective examination scores were recorded. T-tests were used to
compare continuous variables and statistical significance was determined by a
p-value <0.05.
Results: Objective
and subjective measures of student performance demonstrated no difference
between male (n=126) and female (n=122) students. Female (n=43) and male
(n=7) evaluators scored female students slightly higher, but differences were
not statistically significant.
Discussions: This retrospective
study did not find any difference in clinical performance evaluations of male
or female students in their OB/GYN clerkship.
Topics: CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, 2019, Student, Resident, Faculty, Clerkship Director, Clerkship Coordinator, Professionalism, UME, Assessment,
Jocelyn Sajnani,
University of Kansas Medical Center; Kimberly Swan,
MD
