Letters of recommendation are ubiquitous in the research enterprise. Requesting, writing,
and reviewing letters of recommendation are all fraught with bias, especially for individuals …

Purpose Letters of recommendations (LORs) are key components of academic medicine
applications. Given that bias against students and trainees underrepresented in medicine …

Purpose Competency-based medical education (CBME) relies on frequent workplace-based
assessments of trainees, providing opportunities for conscious and implicit biases to reflect …

BACKGROUND Racial and ethnically minoritized individuals and women are
underrepresented in leadership roles in academic medicine. Little is known about whether …

Objectives To describe linguistic differences in letters of recommendation (LORs) for
pediatric fellowship candidates based on applicant and letter writer demographics and to …

As more medical students are applying to residency and fellowship programs, the burden of
reviewing applications and discriminating among individuals is increasing. In addition …

Academic medicine has recognized the need to diversify the physician workforce for more
than 50 years, and yet Black, Indigenous, and Hispanic physicians remain URiM …

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Objective (s) To determine if gender differences exist in letters of recommendation (LORs)
for reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship. Design Cohort study. Setting …

Objective The aim of the study was to determine whether linguistic differences exist in LOR
for female and male physicians applying to female pelvic medicine and reconstructive …