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OBJECTIVES: To describe linguistic differences in letters of recommendation (LORs) for pediatric fellowship candidates based on applicant and letter writer demographics and to examine if these differences influenced the decision to interview a candidate for a fellowship position. STUDY DESIGN: LORs for applicants to 8 pediatric subspecialty fellowships at a single academic center from the 2020 Match were analyzed in this cross-sectional study. Frequency of validated agentic and communal terms in each letter were determined by a language processing web application. Bias was determined as having a >5% surplus of agentic or communal terms. RESULTS: We analyzed 1521 LORs from 409 applicants: 69% were women, 28% were under-represented minorities in medicine (URM), and 50% were invited to interview. Overall, 66% of LORs were agentic biased, 16% communal biased, and 19% neutral. There was no difference in bias in LORs by an applicant's gender (woman 67% agentic vs man 62% agentic; P = .058), race, or ethnicity (non-URM 65% agentic vs URM 67% agentic; P = .660). Despite a lower frequency of agentic terms in LORs for applicants invited for interviews, when accounting for other components of an application and applicant demographics, no significant association was made between language bias in LORs and fellowship interview status. CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of agentic and communal terms in LORs for pediatric subspecialty fellowship candidates were not found to influence the decision to invite a candidate to interview. However, raising awareness of potential areas of bias within the pediatric fellowship selection process might lead to a more equitable and holistic approach to application review.
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Internato e Residência , Racismo , Masculino , Humanos , Feminino , Criança , Bolsas de Estudo , Estudos Transversais , Idioma , Seleção de PessoalRESUMO
Introdução: O tratamento de queimaduras sempre foi um grande desafio devido aos diferentes níveis de gravidade das lesões. Neste contexto, coberturas modernas a base de prata estão sendo cada vez mais utilizadas nesses pacientes. Relato de Caso: Descrever os benefícios do curativo Aquacel Ag® em lesões por queimadura de 2º grau profundo e 3º grau em paciente atendida na Unidade de Tratamento de Queimados em um hospital de referência em queimaduras e trauma. A paciente teve várias perdas de enxertia devido a quadros infecciosos, sendo a infecção uma das principais variáveis que atrasam a enxertia cutânea. Quando foi introduzido o Aquacel Ag® no tratamento, observou-se melhora da área a ser enxertada. O Aquacel Ag® em queimaduras parciais garantiu menor tempo de cicatrização, melhor resposta à dor, custo e efetividade em relação a outras coberturas, tempo de trabalho de enfermagem, maior conforto na hora da troca de curativo. Considerações Finais: O Aquacel Ag® mostrou-se uma boa escolha de cobertura para queimaduras de espessura parcial, um grande aliado para preparo de lesões de 3º grau para enxertia, além de promover outros benefícios ao paciente.
Introduction: The treatment of burns has always been a great challenge due to the different severity levels of the lesions. Taking this into consideration, modern silver-based wound dressings has been increasingly used in these patients. Case Report: To describe the benefits of the Aquacel Ag® dressing in burn lesions of 2nd and 3rd grade in patients treated at the Burn Treatment Unit in a reference hospital in burns and trauma. The patient had several grafting losses due to infectious conditions, with infection being one of the main variables that delay skin grafting. When Aquacel Ag® was introduced in the treatment, improvement of the area to be grafted was observed. The Aquacel Ag® in partial burns, guaranted a shorter healing time, better response to pain, cost and effectiveness in relation to other coverages, nursing work time, and greater comfort at the time of dressing change. Final Considerations: Aquacel Ag® has been shown to be a good choice of coverage for partial thickness burns, a great ally for the preparation of 3rd degree lesions for grafting, in addition to promoting other benefits to the patient.
Introducción: El tratamiento de quemaduras siempre ha sido un gran desafío debido a los diferentes niveles de gravedad de las lesiones. En este contexto, las cubiertas modernas a base de plata se están utilizando cada vez más en estos pacientes. Relato de Caso: Describir los beneficios del curativo Aquacel Ag® en lesiones por quemadura de 2º grado profundo y 3º grado en paciente atendida en la Unidad de Tratamiento de Quemados en un hospital referencia en quemaduras y trauma. La paciente tuvo varias pérdidas de injerto debido a cuadros infecciosos, siendo la infección una de las principales variables que retrasan la injerto cutáneo. Cuando se introdujo el Aquacel Ag® en el tratamiento, se observó una mejora del área a ser injertada. El Aquacel Ag® en quemaduras parciales garantizó un menor tiempo de cicatrización, mejor respuesta al dolor, costo y efectividad en relación a otras coberturas, tiempo de trabajo de enfermería, mayor confort a la hora del cambio de curativo. Consideraciones finales: Aquacel Ag® se mostró una buena elección de cobertura para quemaduras de espesor parcial, un gran aliado para la preparación de lesiones de 3º grado para injerto, además de promover otros beneficios al paciente.