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To determine whether race and ethnicity are associated with clinical clerkship grades and Medical Student Performance Evaluation summary words after accounting for standardized test scores and student demographics.

April 29, 2019Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Clinical Grading in Medical School

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DLDaniel K. LowHealthpoint SPSamantha W. PollackUniversity of Washington ZLZachary C LiaoUniversity of Washington Medical Center

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Cohort study reveals persistent racial disparities in clinical clerkship grading among medical students, highlighting systemic evaluation bias affecting career advancement.

Key Points

To determine whether race and ethnicity are associated with clinical clerkship grades and Medical Student Performance Evaluation summary words after accounting for standardized test scores and student demographics.
Analyzed evaluation records of medical students at the University of Washington School of Medicine between July 2010 and June 2015.
Categorized students into White, underrepresented minorities (URM), and non-URM minority groups.
Applied ordinal logistic regression models to evaluate associations with clerkship grades and summary words while adjusting for age, gender, maternal education, graduation year, and USMLE Step 1 scores.
Non-URM minority students had significantly lower odds than White students of receiving a higher Medical Student Performance Evaluation summary word (adjusted OR = 0.53, 95% CI [0.36, 0.76], p = .001).
Significant grading disparities favoring White students over URM or non-URM minority students were present in four of six required clinical clerkships (p < .05).
Higher final clerkship grades consistently favored students who were White, female, younger, or had higher USMLE Step 1 or clerkship written examination scores across all adjusted models.

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Low et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dafa6b387cf70698688000 https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2019.1597724

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April 29, 2019Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Clinical Grading in Medical School

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Authors

DLDaniel K. LowHealthpoint SPSamantha W. PollackUniversity of Washington ZLZachary C LiaoUniversity of Washington Medical Center

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Implication

Cohort study reveals persistent racial disparities in clinical clerkship grading among medical students, highlighting systemic evaluation bias affecting career advancement.

Key Points

To determine whether race and ethnicity are associated with clinical clerkship grades and Medical Student Performance Evaluation summary words after accounting for standardized test scores and student demographics.
Analyzed evaluation records of medical students at the University of Washington School of Medicine between July 2010 and June 2015.
Categorized students into White, underrepresented minorities (URM), and non-URM minority groups.
Applied ordinal logistic regression models to evaluate associations with clerkship grades and summary words while adjusting for age, gender, maternal education, graduation year, and USMLE Step 1 scores.
Non-URM minority students had significantly lower odds than White students of receiving a higher Medical Student Performance Evaluation summary word (adjusted OR = 0.53, 95% CI [0.36, 0.76], p = .001).
Significant grading disparities favoring White students over URM or non-URM minority students were present in four of six required clinical clerkships (p < .05).
Higher final clerkship grades consistently favored students who were White, female, younger, or had higher USMLE Step 1 or clerkship written examination scores across all adjusted models.

Cite This Study

Low et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dafa6b387cf70698688000 https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2019.1597724

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