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Table 4 Association of Comment Characteristics with Gender and Resident Race and Ethnicity from study of Narrative Comments from Internal Medicine Resident Performance Assessments

From: Analysis of narrative assessments of internal medicine resident performance: are there differences associated with gender or race and ethnicity?

 

Specificity of Comments

Valence of Comments

Estimate†

Standard Error

P value

Estimate†

Standard Error

P value

Resident Gender*

-0.07

0.02

0.002

0.06

0.03

0.045

Faculty Gender**

0.06

0.04

0.149

0.02

0.04

0.540

Resident Race and Ethnicity***

0.03

0.03

0.315

-0.05

0.04

0.262

  1. * women residents compared to men residents
  2. ** women faculty compared to men faculty
  3. *** URiM residents compared to non-URiM residents
  4. † Based on multilevel regression controlling for standardized composite competency rating, type of comment, comment characteristic (valence or specificity), program, resident characteristics (PGY, gender, race/ethnicity, and baseline In-Training Examination percentile rank), faculty characteristics (gender, department, and education role), rotation time of year and hospital setting where comments are partially cross classified by resident and faculty
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BMC Medical Education

ISSN: 1472-6920

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