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Trial reportMedical education2022

Gender-focused training improves leadership of female medical students: A randomised trial.

Seraina Rahel Hochstrasser, Simon Adrian Amacher, Franziska Tschan, Norbert Karl Semmer, Christoph Becker, Kerstin Metzger, Sabina Hunziker, Stephan Marsch

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Medical education, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Seraina Rahel HochstrasserIntensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Simon Adrian AmacherIntensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6530-1240
Franziska TschanDepartment of Psychology, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Norbert Karl SemmerDepartment of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Christoph BeckerMedical Communication, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-4003
Kerstin MetzgerMedical Communication, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Sabina HunzikerMedical Communication, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Stephan MarschIntensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4095-2765
University Hospital of Basel · CHUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Neuchâtel · CH

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation 149743University of Basel DMS_2211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesRecent research suggests that the gender of health care providers may affect their medical performance. This trial investigated (1) the effects of the gender composition of resuscitation teams on leadership behaviour of first responders and (2) the effects of a brief gender-specific instruction on leadership behaviour of female first responders.

methodsThis prospective randomised single-blinded trial, carried out between 2008 and 2016, included 364 fourth-year medical students of two Swiss universities. One hundred and eighty-two teams of two students each were confronted with a simulated cardiac arrest, occurring in the presence of a first responder while a second responder is summoned to help. The effect of gender composition was assessed by comparing all possible gender-combinations of first and second responders. The gender-specific instruction focused on the importance of leadership, gender differences in self-esteem and leadership, acknowledgement of unease while leading, professional role, and mission statement to lead was delivered orally for 10 min by a staff physician and tested by randomising female first responders to the intervention group or the control group. The primary outcome, based on ratings of video-recorded performance, was the first responders' percentage contribution to their teams' leadership statements and critical treatment decision making.

resultsFemale first responders contributed significantly less to leadership statements (53% vs. 76%; P = 0.001) and critical decisions (57% vs. 76%; P = 0.018) than male first responders. For critical treatment decisions, this effect was more pronounced (P = 0.007) when the second responder was male. The gender-specific intervention significantly increased female first responder's contribution to leadership statements (P = 0.024) and critical treatment decisions (P = 0.034).

conclusionsFemale first responders contributed less to their rescue teams' leadership and critical decision making than their male colleagues. A brief gender-specific leadership instruction was effective in improving female medical students' leadership behaviours.

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Heart ArrestStudents, MedicalClinical CompetenceFemaleHumansLeadershipMaleProspective Studies

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PMID34473373
PMCPMC9291895
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