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Male and female emergency medicine residents exhibit no meaningful differences in self-assigned patient selection or procedural exposure, indicating that observed gender disparities in milestone attainment are not driven by differences in clinical exposure. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate whether male and female emergency medicine residents differ in self-assigned patient characteristics or acuity levels as an explanation for gender disparities in residency milestone ratings.

August 27, 2026Emergency Care and MedicineOpen Access

Analysis of Patient Selection Patterns Among Female and Male Resident Physicians

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EBElise Bouchal KHKimberly Heller CDChristopher Dodoo

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Retrospective chart review finds no significant gender differences in patient selection or acuity among emergency medicine residents, suggesting evaluation disparities stem from other factors.

Key Points

To evaluate whether male and female emergency medicine residents differ in self-assigned patient characteristics or acuity levels as an explanation for gender disparities in residency milestone ratings.
Conducted a single-center retrospective chart review of self-assigned patient cases (N=14,279) at an academic emergency department between September 2018 and December 2022.
Extracted electronic health record data regarding patient demographics, chief complaints, Emergency Severity Index triage levels, vital signs, arrival method, and procedural counts.
Compared continuous metrics using Student's t-test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test and categorical variables using chi-square analysis.
No significant differences occurred between female and male residents in patient chief complaints, demographics, arrival methods, attending physician gender (p=0.10872), or total procedures performed (p=0.23102).
Female residents managed patients with significantly higher baseline respiratory rates (p=0.04313) and showed a non-significant trend toward higher-acuity Emergency Severity Index levels 1–2 (p=0.07214).

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Bouchal et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fe99110c91c1e9262146a https://doi.org/10.3390/ecm3030030

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August 27, 2026Emergency Care and MedicineOpen Access

Analysis of Patient Selection Patterns Among Female and Male Resident Physicians

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Authors

EBElise Bouchal KHKimberly Heller CDChristopher Dodoo

Discussion

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Overview

Retrospective chart review finds no significant gender differences in patient selection or acuity among emergency medicine residents, suggesting evaluation disparities stem from other factors.

Key Points

To evaluate whether male and female emergency medicine residents differ in self-assigned patient characteristics or acuity levels as an explanation for gender disparities in residency milestone ratings.
Conducted a single-center retrospective chart review of self-assigned patient cases (N=14,279) at an academic emergency department between September 2018 and December 2022.
Extracted electronic health record data regarding patient demographics, chief complaints, Emergency Severity Index triage levels, vital signs, arrival method, and procedural counts.
Compared continuous metrics using Student's t-test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test and categorical variables using chi-square analysis.
No significant differences occurred between female and male residents in patient chief complaints, demographics, arrival methods, attending physician gender (p=0.10872), or total procedures performed (p=0.23102).
Female residents managed patients with significantly higher baseline respiratory rates (p=0.04313) and showed a non-significant trend toward higher-acuity Emergency Severity Index levels 1–2 (p=0.07214).

Cite This Study

Bouchal et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fe99110c91c1e9262146a https://doi.org/10.3390/ecm3030030

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