Gender bias in evaluating surgical residency faculty members may be decreasing

(American College of Surgeons) In the male-dominated field of surgery, female faculty of training programs tend to receive lower scores than male faculty on their teaching evaluations, which are important for career advancement, past research has found. A new study suggests progress in this apparent gender bias: Among 21 U.S. general surgery residency programs, female faculty scored slightly better overall than male faculty did on teaching evaluations by surgeons-in-training, even in programs with the fewest women.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news