Gender Differences and Themes in Peer Nominations for Chief Resident: a Qualitative Analysis
INTRODUCTION
We sought to describe what qualities residents recognize in peers nominated for the Chief Resident (CR) position and whether particular attributes are valued differently in male and female nominees.
METHODS
We analyzed peer CR nominations from the University of Chicago Internal Medicine Residency Program for academic years 2013–2015. Nominations were solicited via email and nominators were encouraged to include qualitative comments. We used a constructivist paradigm and grounded theory approach to describe attributes noted for CR nomination and gender differences in those nomination comments. Nominator comments were reviewed using an iterative process and data were analyzed using a constant comparative method with no a priori hypotheses. Themes and sub-themes were generated and refined via discussion to develop a final coding strategy. Two investigators then coded the entire sample using this framework, resolving disagreements by discussion. Descriptive statistics were...
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Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.
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