Implicit gender bias has long been suspected in many medical training programs, but until recently has been difficult to study objectively. Now, for the first time, a nationally standardized milestone evaluation system for emergency medicine residents is shining a light on these potential biases. In a new study, researchers found that although male and female emergency medicine specialists start off residency on an equal playing field, by the end of the three-year training program male residents received higher evaluations.
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