Gender-based linguistic differences in letters of recommendation for rhinology fellowship over time: A dual-institutional follow-up study using natural language processing and deep learning.

application process gender disparity international medical graduate letters of recommendation personal statements rhinology fellowship match

Journal

International forum of allergy & rhinology
ISSN: 2042-6984
Titre abrégé: Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101550261

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
16 Jul 2024
Historique:
revised: 17 05 2024
received: 26 03 2024
accepted: 28 06 2024
medline: 16 7 2024
pubmed: 16 7 2024
entrez: 16 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

This follow-up dual-institutional and longitudinal study further evaluated for underlying gender biases in LORs for rhinology fellowship. Explicit and implicit linguistic gender bias was found, heavily favoring male applicants.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39010845
doi: 10.1002/alr.23411
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© 2024 ARS‐AAOA, LLC.

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Auteurs

Vikram Vasan (V)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

Christopher P Cheng (CP)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

Shaun Edalati (S)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

Shreya Mandloi (S)

Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

David K Lerner (DK)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Anthony Del Signore (A)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

Madeleine Schaberg (M)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

Satish Govindaraj (S)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

Mindy Rabinowitz (M)

Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Gurston Nyquist (G)

Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Alfred Marc Iloreta (AM)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

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