Comparison of Male vs Female Resident Milestone Evaluations by Faculty During Emergency Medicine Residency Training

The following study compares faculty-observed training milestone attainment of male versus female residency training. The emergency medicine (EM) milestones provide a standardized framework for longitudinal resident assessment, allowing for analysis of resident performance across all years and programs at a scope and level of detail never previously possible. The study shows that although male and female residents receive similar evaluations at the beginning of residency, the rate of milestone attainment throughout training was higher for male than female residents across all EM subcompetencies, leading to a gender gap in evaluations that continues until graduation. Faculty should be cognizant of possible gender bias when evaluating medical trainees.

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