The Influence of Gender on the Medical Student Evaluation of High-Risk Behaviors in an Adolescent Patient

Nicole Craker; S. Bruce Binder; Adrienne Stolfi; Brenda J Roman; Nicole Borges

doi:10.1007/s40670-017-0411-7

The Influence of Gender on the Medical Student Evaluation of High-Risk Behaviors in an Adolescent Patient

Nicole Craker, S. Bruce Binder, Adrienne Stolfi, Brenda J Roman, Nicole Borges

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Abstract

Physicians are key in identifying and addressing adolescent high-risk behaviors. We evaluated the influence of patient and student gender on medical students’ assessment of adolescent behaviors. Performance on an adolescent Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) was compared between male and female students and the four student-patient gender pairs. From 2009 to 2013, 396 students completed the OSCE. Overall scores were significantly higher for females. All students scored poorly on the question addressing sexual behavior, but female students scored significantly higher than males. Students are weak in screening adolescent sexual behaviors and gender impacts screening practices. Further research evaluating this impact is needed.

Original language	American English
Journal	Medical Science Educator
Volume	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-017-0411-7
State	Published - Sep 1 2017

Keywords

Adolescent
Medical student
Sex behavior
Undergraduate medical education

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Medical Education
Medicine and Health Sciences

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