医学物理专业申请失明:承诺和陷
Ashley J Cetnar1, Dominic J DiCostanzo1, Michael Weldon1
1James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Advances in radiation oncology
|May 30, 2023
概括
使用自动化方法,对医学物理实习计划的盲目的应用是可行的. 虽然性别选择显示出最小的差异,但种族和种族显示出更大的差异,突出了审查过程中的潜在偏见.
科学领域:
- 医学物理 医学物理
- 住院培训 培训 住院培训
- 健康 专业 教育 卫生 专业 教育
背景情况:
- 医学物理实习生申请过程传统上缺乏对盲目的证明方法.
- 申请人审查中的无意识偏见可能会影响培训计划中的多样性和公平性.
研究的目的:
- 评估自动化申请盲定流程的可行性,用于医学物理实习生选择.
- 在初始审查阶段评估盲目的对人口和性别数据的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个自动化系统被开发到盲目的居住申请,其次是人类审查.
- 追溯分析比较了两年前的盲目和非盲目申请人群之间的人口统计数据 (性别,种族,种族).
- 在评审者之间评估了评审者间的可靠性.
主要成果:
- 自动化失明过程被证明是可行的医学物理实习生应用.
- 性别选择显示,盲目的和非盲目的评论之间的差异不到3%.
- 对于种族和种族,特别是在亚裔和白人候选人之间,在选择中观察到显著的差异,影响了论文和整体印象得分.
结论:
- 医学物理实习课程应批判性地评估潜在偏见的选择标准.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以提高在居住选择过程中的公平性和包容性.
- 在源头实施应用程序盲定,可能通过一个共同的应用程序功能,可以帮助减轻无意识的偏见.
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