# Uncovering Disparities in Medical Education: Advisory Guide of Strategies and Best Practices for Illuminating Blind Spots

## TL;DR

This paper provides a guide for health educators to detect and address disparities in assessment data based on race and gender.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a five-step advisory guide for identifying and addressing disparities in medical education assessments.

## Key findings

- A consensus-driven advisory guide was developed to address disparities in assessment data.
- Five strategic steps are proposed for detecting and analyzing disparities in medical education.
- The guide includes practical algorithms and strategies for engaging with assessment data.

## Abstract

Assessment and grading are prone to disparities based on race and ethnicity. Health professions educators need a guide for how to strategically navigate assessment data. This monograph provides a consensus-driven advisory guide, drawing upon common challenges schools face when detecting, measuring, and analyzing gender/racial disparities, and shares practical algorithms and strategies for engaging with the data. Five steps are proposed: create a process diagram; identify assessment data sources and potential manifestations of disparities and inequities in assessments; consider other variables when analyzing data; choose analytical approaches to evaluate sources of disparities; and identify potential threats and challenges.