Gender-Coded Language in Recruitment Materials Influences Student Choices during Application to Summer Externships and Residencies

Care (SEPC) and Thanatophobia scales (TS).The SEPC is a 23-item survey that measures efficacy in communication, management, and teamwork, while the TS has 7 items that assess attitudes towards palliative care.Results: Seventeen residents completed the preintervention survey out of a body of 54.Five of these residents completed a follow-up (29.4%).All training years were represented: 35.3% PGY1, 47.1% PGY2, 17.6% PGY3.The majority were female (64.7%), white (94.1%), and non-Hispanic (82.4%).Mean pre-intervention SEPC and TS were 51.2 (SEM = 3.1) and 24.5 (SEM = 2.7) respectively.Neither SEPC (p = 0.342) nor TS (p = 0.770) differed across PGY year.Among those who completed both a pre-and post-survey, initial SEPC scores (x = 54.4,SEM = 3.9) improved after the training event (x = 79.3,SEM = 4.3); (p = 0.002) (Figure 2).There was no significant difference in TS scores (x pre = 27.6,SEM = 4.1; x post = 23.2,SEM = 2.7); (p = 0.450).Conclusion: Resident preparedness for palliative care in the ED is suboptimal.These data suggest that residents are unlikely to passively absorb palliative principles during their training.However, improving self-efficacy in this discipline appears to be trainable, so long as there is a dedicated effort and emphasis on its curricular importance.