James Madison University, Center for Assessment and Research Studies, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
The American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J Surg Res. 2019 May;237:131-135. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.06.014. Epub 2018 Jul 4.
When oral examinations are administered, examiner subjectivity may possibly affect ratings, particularly when examiner severity is influenced by examinee characteristics (e.g., gender) that are independent of examinee ability. This study explored whether the ratings of the general surgery oral certifying examination (CE) of the American Board of Surgery and likelihood of passing the CE were influenced by the gender of examinees or examiners.
Data collected from examinees who attempted the general surgery CE in the 2016-2017 academic year were analyzed. There were 1341 examinees (61% male) and 216 examiners (82% male). Factorial analysis of variance and logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the effect of examinee and examiner gender on CE ratings and likelihood of passing the CE.
Examinees received similar ratings and had similar likelihood of passing the CE regardless of examinee or examiner genders and different combinations of examiner gender pairs (all P values > 0.05).
These results indicate that CE ratings of examinees are not influenced by examinee or examiner gender. There was no evidence of examiner bias due to gender on the CE.
当进行口头考试时，考官的主观性可能会影响评分，特别是当考官的严格程度受到与考生能力无关的考生特征（例如，性别）的影响时。本研究探讨了美国外科学委员会普通外科口头认证考试（CE）的评分以及考生通过 CE 的可能性是否受到考生或考官性别的影响。
分析了 2016-2017 学年参加普通外科 CE 的考生的数据。共有 1341 名考生（61%为男性）和 216 名考官（82%为男性）。使用方差因子分析和逻辑回归分析来评估考生和考官性别对 CE 评分和通过 CE 的可能性的影响。
无论考生或考官的性别如何，以及考官性别的不同组合如何，考生的评分和通过 CE 的可能性都相似（所有 P 值均>0.05）。
这些结果表明，考生的 CE 评分不受考生或考官性别的影响。CE 上没有证据表明考官存在性别偏见。
