A Poetic Representation
"Women in Medicine Are "Able to
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol A Isaac (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Carol Isaac (0000-0002-0981-863X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 447-451 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800411405430 |
| OpenAlex | W2040673078 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The purpose of letters of recommendation is to accentuate the positive attributes of candidates. An archival study examined 291 medical students' performance evaluations (MSPEs) for male and female medical students written by male and female associate deans of medicine for a highly competitive radiology residency in the Northeast United States. This poetic representation illustrates the author's emotion to the audience after grappling with disturbing results from the data analysis (Richardson, 2003). Interpretations of the data through a poststructural feminist lens draw on the complexity of the language that remains a constitutive force illustrating reality. "Competent," part of the Merriam-Webster's definition of "able," has a gendered masculine nuance. Even though women physicians represent almost 50% of medical school graduates, there remains questions of what they are "able to" do
Art · Literature · Poetry · Political science · Representation (politics · Sociology · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Law · Medical Education and Admissions · Psychology
Description and Prescription
Competent Yet Out in the Cold
A Linguistic Comparison of Letters of Recommendation for Male and Female Chemistry and Biochemistry Job Applicants
A thousand plateaus
Feminized management and backlash toward agentic women
Poetics in the Field and on the Page
By Their Own Hand
Double Standards for Competence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |