Effect of evaluator and resident gender on the American Board of Internal Medicine evaluation scores

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 670-674

  Rand, Victoria E ^a   Hudes, Esther S ^b   Browner, Warren S ^b,c   Wachter, Robert M ^a,b   Avins, Andrew L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Internship; Interprofessional relations; Residency; Social environment; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTY BOARDS;

EID: 0031719040     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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