Objective While gender differences in language for letters of recommendation have been
identified in other fields, no prior studies have evaluated the narrative portion of the …

Background Residents receive a numeric performance rating (eg, 1-7 scoring scale) along
with a narrative (ie, qualitative) feedback based on their performance in each workplace …

ABSTRACT Background In 2018, Canadian postgraduate emergency medicine (EM)
programs began implementing a competency-based medical education (CBME) …

Importance Previous studies have demonstrated sex-specific disparities in performance
assessments among emergency medicine (EM) residents. However, less work has focused …

Importance Gender bias may affect assessment in competency-based medical education.
Objective To evaluate the association of gender with assessment of internal medicine …

Why do women continue to face barriers to success in professions, especially male-
dominated ones, despite often outperforming men in similar subjects during schooling? With …

Purpose A previous study found that milestone ratings at the end of training were higher for
male than for female residents in emergency medicine (EM). However, that study was …

Background More and more female residents enter postgraduate medical training (PGMT).
Meanwhile, women are still underrepresented in academic medicine, in leadership positions …

Context Gender‐related inequality and disparity hinders efforts to develop a medical
workforce that facilitates universal access to safe, just and equitable health care. Little is …

Assessment is essential to professional development. Assessment provides the information
needed to give feedback, support coaching and the creation of individualized learning …