Letters of recommendation for surgical fellowships - Does gender make a difference?
Letters of recommendation for surgical fellowships - Does gender make a difference?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.06.036
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发表时间：
2021-01-01
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3
通讯作者：
Hughes, Tasha M.
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作者：
Horwood, Chelsea;McDermott, Sean;Hughes, Tasha M.
背景：女性占普通外科住院医师的1/3，外科教师的1/4和全职教授的10%。赞助不足是造成这种下降的一个拟议机制。本研究评估了申请人之间的推荐信（LOR）复杂的普通外科肿瘤学（CGSO）fellows.Methods：语言分析的LOR CGSO申请人进行。提取了作者的人口统计学资料和LOR的特征。结果：在340封信中，67%是为男性写的，33%是为女性写的。男性撰写了84%的审查信件。女性作者比男性使用更多的磨石形容词（3.61比2.90）。然而，这种差异只出现在为男性申请人写的信中（3.82 v. 2.73）。所有其他的语言特征是相似的，除了提到的身体外观，这是显着更常见的信中写的女性applications.Conclusions（4%比1%）：女性作者写的信比男性有实质性的不同。对于女性申请人来说，外貌是一个很小但很重要的区别。(C)2020由Elsevier Inc.出版。
Background: Females comprise 1/3 of general surgery residents, 1/4 of surgical faculty and 10% of full professors. Inadequate sponsorship is one proposed mechanism for this decline. This study evaluated letters of recommendation (LOR) among applicants applying to a complex general surgical oncology (CGSO) fellowship.Methods: Linguistic analysis of LOR for CGSO applicants was conducted. Demographics of authors and features of the LOR were extracted. Differences by gender of the applicant were analyzed.Results: Among 340 letters, 67% were written for male and 33% written for female applicants. Males authored 84% of letters reviewed. Female authors used more grindstone adjectives than males (3.61 v 2.90). However, this difference was seen only among letters written for male applicants (3.82 v. 2.73). All other linguistic features were similar, aside from mention of physical appearance which was significantly more common in letters written about female applicants (4% v. 1%).Conclusions: Female authors write substantively different letters than males. Physical appearance is a small but important difference in letters for female applicants. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc.