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Gender Differences in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship Evaluations [82]

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Studies show female students perform better on obstetrics–gynecology clerkship, whereas surveys show that male students feel gender bias negatively affect their clerkship experience. More female students enter obstetrics–gynecology residency now, with 82% of all residents female as of 2011. In 12 years, 96% of students entering obstetrics–gynecology residency from Morehouse School of Medicine were female. The purpose of this study was to determine if there were gender differences in obstetrics–gynecology clerkship performance. METHODS: This study was exempt by institutional review board approval. All 153 medical students completed the clerkship for the academic years 2009–2012. Identifying information except gender was removed. Correlation between each of clerkship evaluation criteria was evaluated with Spearman correlation analysis. Each of the grading components was compared between male and female students by Wilcoxon rank-sum test. RESULTS: Among a total of 153, 98 were female and 55 were male. Female students performed better in all categories except clinical evaluations. For all students, National Board of Medical Examiners scores correlated positively with quiz score, oral examination, Objective Structured Clinical Examination, clinical evaluation, and final score. For male students, however, the clinical evaluation by faculty and residents did not correlate with their National Board of Medical Examiners scores. CONCLUSION: Our analysis of clerkship data from academic years 2009–2012 show correlation in each grading criteria except for the clinical evaluations of male students that do not correlate with their National Board of Medical Examiners scores despite comparable performance on clinical evaluation. Further study is indicated to evaluate for gender bias in assessment of students' subjective experience that may exist.