The objective of this study including HIP Investigator Dr. Ryan Coller was to evaluate associations between faculty gender and milestone-based teaching assessment scores assigned by residents. They performed a retrospective cohort study of milestone-based clinical teaching assessments of pediatric faculty completed by pediatric residents at a mid-sized residency program from July 2016 to June 2019.
Between assessments of women and men faculty, there were no significant differences in the odds of receiving a score in the top quartile for the 3 domains. However, assessments of women were more likely to receive a score in the bottom quartile in both Teaching and Role Modeling. Assessments of women also had lower odds of receiving the highest score in 6 of 11 sub-competencies. These results suggest that gender bias may play a role in resident assessments of pediatric faculty.
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