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The mentor effect in student evaluation.

C C Coulson1, A R Kunselman, J Cain

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. ccoulson@psghs.edu

Obstetrics and Gynecology
|March 22, 2000
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Faculty mentors consistently rate their students higher than nonmentors do. While gender influences evaluations, the mentor effect is more significant in medical education assessments.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education Research
  • Faculty Mentorship
  • Student Evaluation

Background:

  • Faculty mentorship plays a crucial role in student development within medical education.
  • Understanding evaluation biases is essential for fair assessment of medical trainees.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether faculty mentors provide higher ratings to their mentored students compared to nonmentors.
  • To determine if student gender or faculty gender influences these evaluation outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 545 evaluations for 101 third-year medical students during obstetrics and gynecology clerkships (1996-1998).
  • Utilized generalized estimating equation methodology to model ordinal data and assess mentor and gender effects.
  • Students were rated by 18 full-time faculty across five performance categories.

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Main Results:

  • Mentors rated their students significantly higher across all five assessed categories (P <.01).
  • The mentor effect on ratings was substantial, with odds ratios ranging from 2.1 to 3.2.
  • Male faculty tended to give higher scores to male students for problem-solving and technical skills, but gender effects were less consistent than the mentor effect.

Conclusions:

  • Faculty mentors demonstrably provide statistically higher evaluations for their mentored students.
  • While gender-based differences in evaluations exist, they are less pronounced and consistent than the impact of mentorship.