Open AccessIs There Evidence of Gender Bias in the Oral Examination for Initial Certification by the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation?
Author(s) -
Sherilyn W. Driscoll,
Lawrence R. Robinson,
Mikaela M. Raddatz,
Carolyn L. Kinney
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1537-7385
pISSN - 0894-9115
DOI - 10.1097/phm.0000000000001126
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , medicine , observational study , certification , physical examination , gender bias , test (biology) , aptitude , clinical psychology , physical therapy , family medicine , psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , surgery , pathology , political science , law , biology , paleontology
Unconscious bias may result in a prejudicial evaluation of another person and lead to unfair treatment. Potential gender bias risk exists in the scoring process on the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation oral examination (Part II) because of the face-to-face interactions between candidates and examiners. This study was undertaken to determine whether performance on the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Part II examination differed based on candidate gender or configuration of examiner/candidate gender pairings. The impact of examiner unconscious bias training on candidate performance was also assessed.