is an Anesthesiology Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
is Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Associate Residency Program Director, and Director of Pediatric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; and.
J Grad Med Educ. 2024 Apr;16(2):140-145. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-23-00360.1. Epub 2024 Apr 15.
The Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics (CASPer) is a situational judgment test (SJT) that assesses noncognitive skills like professionalism, communication, and empathy. There are no reports of the effects of race/ethnicity and sex on CASPer scores among residency applicants. We examined the effects of race/ethnicity, sex, and United States vs international medical school attendance on CASPer performance. Our anesthesiology residency program required all applicants for the 2021-2022 Match cycle to complete an online video and text-based SJT (CASPer). We compared these results, reported as z-scores, with self-identified race/ethnicity, sex, United States vs international medical school attendance, and United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 scores. Of the 1245 applicants who completed CASPer, 783 identified as male. The racial/ethnic distribution was 512 White, 412 Asian, 106 Black, 126 Hispanic, and 89 Other/No Answer. CASPer z-scores did not differ by sex. White candidates scored higher than Black (0.18 vs -0.57, <.001) and Hispanic (0.18 vs -0.52, <.001) candidates. Applicants attending US medical schools scored higher than those attending international medical schools (z-scores: 0.15 vs -0.68, <.001). There was no correlation between CASPer z-scores and USMLE Step 1 scores. Our results suggest that CASPer scores favor White applicants over Black and Hispanic ones and applicants attending US medical schools over those attending international medical schools.
计算机化评估取样个人特征（CASPer）是一种情境判断测试（SJT），用于评估非认知技能，如专业精神、沟通和同理心。目前还没有关于种族/民族和性别对住院医师申请人 CASPer 分数影响的报告。我们研究了种族/民族、性别以及在美国和国际医学院就读对 CASPer 表现的影响。我们的麻醉学住院医师项目要求 2021-2022 年匹配周期的所有申请人完成在线视频和基于文本的 SJT（CASPer）。我们将这些结果（以 z 分数表示）与自我认同的种族/民族、性别、在美国和国际医学院就读以及美国医师执照考试（USMLE）第 1 步成绩进行了比较。在完成 CASPer 的 1245 名申请人中，有 783 名男性。种族/民族分布为 512 名白人、412 名亚裔、106 名黑人、126 名西班牙裔和 89 名其他/无回答。CASPer 的 z 分数与性别无关。白人候选人的得分高于黑人（0.18 比-0.57，<.001）和西班牙裔（0.18 比-0.52，<.001）候选人。在美国医学院就读的申请人的得分高于在国际医学院就读的申请人（z 分数：0.15 比-0.68，<.001）。CASPer 的 z 分数与 USMLE 第 1 步成绩之间没有相关性。我们的结果表明，CASPer 分数有利于白人申请人，而不利于黑人和西班牙裔申请人，也有利于在美国医学院就读的申请人，而不利于在国际医学院就读的申请人。
