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MAY 15, 2019

Overall Competency Evaluations Favor Female Fellows

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Mallory E. Bugel, MD

San Francisco—Global scores from a 360-degree evaluation tool revealed higher overall scores for female fellows than male fellows, and both male and female evaluators also scored the women more positively in several competency domains.

“In the past, gender bias has been a potential issue that has affected how medical students, residents and fellows are evaluated, trained and provided feedback as well,” said Mallory E. Bugel, MD, a clinical assistant