Linguistic analysis of pediatric residency personal statements: gender differences

All US residency programs require applicants to submit personal statements. Prior studies showed gender differences in personal statement writing, which has implications for gender bias in the application process, but previous studies have not considered the dual influence of specialty-specific valu...

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Published in:BMC medical education 2019-10, Vol.19 (1), p.392-392, Article 392
Main Authors: Babal, Jessica C, Gower, Aubrey D, Frohna, John G, Moreno, Megan A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Bias
Demographic aspects
Female
Future predictions
Gender
Humans
Internship and Residency
Linguistic analysis
Linguistics
Linguistics - standards
Male
Medical schools
Pediatricians
Pediatrics
Recruiting
Residency
Sex differences (Psychology)
Sex discrimination
Sexism
United States
Vocabulary
Writing - standards
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Summary:All US residency programs require applicants to submit personal statements. Prior studies showed gender differences in personal statement writing, which has implications for gender bias in the application process, but previous studies have not considered the dual influence of specialty-specific values on personal statement writing by applicants of each gender. To understand gender differences in pediatric residency personal statements. From 2017 to 2018, we performed linguistic analysis of personal statements written by interviewees at a mid-size US pediatrics residency during two prior academic years. We assessed writing tone, communal language, and agentic language. We performed t-tests to evaluate for gender differences, p 
ISSN:1472-6920
1472-6920
DOI:10.1186/s12909-019-1838-x