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Female candidates have been shown to repeatedly outperform male candidates in examinations measuring their medical competence. This study explored differences in the results of both groups on the 1993, 1994 and 1995 Quebec licensing examinations which used two SP-based instruments and one paper and pencil instrument. ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses confirmed that female candidates obtained higher results on all instruments year after year, and that these results were not biased by the content of the examination.
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Brailovsky, C.A., Grand’Maison, P., Miller, F., Rainsberry, P. (1997). Detection of Gender Differences in High-Stakes Performance SP-Based Examinations in Family Medicine. In: Scherpbier, A.J.J.A., van der Vleuten, C.P.M., Rethans, J.J., van der Steeg, A.F.W. (eds) Advances in Medical Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4886-3_38
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