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- Title
Perception of Quiet Students in Emergency Medicine: An Exploration of Narratives in the Standardized Letter of Evaluation.
- Authors
Quinn, John K.; Mongelluzzo, Jillian; Nip, Alyssa; Graterol, Joseph; Chen, Esther H.
- Abstract
Introduction: The Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE) is designed to assist emergency medicine (EM) residency programs in differentiating applicants and in selecting those to interview. The SLOE narrative component summarizes the student's clinical skills as well as their non-cognitive attributes. The purpose of this qualitative investigation was to explore how students described in the SLOE as quiet are perceived by faculty and to better understand how this may impact their residency candidacy. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included all SLOEs submitted to one EM residency program during one application cycle. We analyzed sentences in the SLOE narrative describing students as "quiet," "shy," and/or "reserved." Using grounded theory, thematic content analysis with a constructivist approach, we identified five mutually exclusive themes that best characterized the usage of these target words. Results: We identified five themes: 1) quiet traits portrayed as implied-negative attributes (62.4%); 2) quiet students portrayed as overshadowed by more extraverted peers (10.3%); 3) quiet students portrayed as unfit for fast-paced clinical settings (3.4%); 4) "quiet" portrayed as a positive attribute (10.3%); and 5) "quiet" comments deemed difficult to assess due to lack of context (15.6%). Conclusion: We found that quiet personality traits were often portrayed as negative attributes. Further, comments often lacked clinical context, leaving them vulnerable to misunderstanding or bias. More research is needed to determine how quiet students perform compared to their non-quiet peers and to determine what changes to instructional practices may support the quiet student and help create a more inclusive learning environment.
- Subjects
QUALITATIVE research; INTERNSHIP programs; CONTENT analysis; EMERGENCY medicine; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MEDICAL students; SCHOOL entrance requirements; LONGITUDINAL method; THEMATIC analysis; COLLEGE teacher attitudes; STUDENT attitudes; GROUNDED theory
- Publication
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 2024, Vol 25, p6
- ISSN
1936-900X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5811/westjem.57756