The Standardized Letter of Evaluation Narrative: Differences in Language Use by Gender

The objective of this study is to examine differences in language used to describe men and women applicants within the SLOE narrative.Methods: All applicants to a four-year academic EM residency program within a single application year with a first rotation SLOE available were included in the sample. We used the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) program to analyze word frequency within 16 categories. Descriptive statistics, chi-squared, and t-tests were used to describe the sample; gender differences in word frequency were tested for using Mann-Whitney U tests.Results: Of 1117 applicants to the residency program, 822 (82%) first-rotation SLOEs were available;...
Source: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research