Exploring Academic Performance of Medical Students in an Integrated Hybrid Curriculum by Gender

De Loris Wenzel Hesse, Lynn M. Ramsey, Lia Pierson Bruner, Claudia S. Vega-Castillo, Dina Teshager, Janette R. Hill, Mary T. Bond, Edwin V. Sperr, Amy Baldwin, Amy E. Medlock

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Abstract

Gender gaps in academic performance have been reported at a variety of educational levels including several national standardized exams for medical education, with men scoring higher than women. These gaps potentially impact medical school acceptance and residency matching and may be influenced by curricular design. Performance data for our 4-year integrated hybrid curriculum, which features a large proportion of active learning, revealed a gender gap with men performing better early in the curriculum and on the first national standardized exam. This gap in performance almost entirely disappeared for years 2–4 of the curriculum and the second national standardized exam.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)353-357
Number of pages5
JournalMedical Science Educator
Volume33
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

Keywords

  • Evaluation
  • Gender gap
  • Integrated
  • Medicine
  • Summative assessment
  • Undergraduate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Education

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