Abstract：
BACKGROUND:Letters of recommendation (LoR) are considered one of the most important predictors of matching into a pediatric surgery fellowship. We determined if gendered differences exist in LoR written for resident candidates. METHODS:A retrospective review of blinded LoR to a fellowship program between 2015 and 2017 was performed. RESULTS:Of the 364 LoR reviewed for 49 female and 48 male applicants, male surgeons wrote 82.5% of letters. Male LoR contained more agentic terms (p = 0. 042), first name occurrences (p = 0.0082) and phrase "future success" (p = 0.015). Female letters included more socio-communal phrases (p = 0. 010) and 5% referenced a spouse's accomplishments vs. 0% of male letters. Male LoR contained more active possessive language (p-0. 027); ie: "he published", "he presented". We found no difference in an applicant's research experience (p = 0.06) or leadership qualities (p = 0. 067). CONCLUSION:Gender differences exist in LoR written for fellowship applicants applying to a highly competitive subspecialty.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Hoffman A,Ghoubrial R,McCormick M,Matemavi P,Cusick Rdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.08.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-06-01 00:00:00pages
932-936issue
6eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(19)30663-4journal_volume
219pub_type
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