TY - JOUR T1 - Ethnic minority GP trainees at risk for underperformance assessments: a quantitative cohort study JF - BJGP Open JO - BJGP Open DO - 10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0082 SP - BJGPO.2022.0082 AU - Nathanja Mariëtte van Moppes AU - Sander Willems AU - Mana Nasori AU - Jettie Bont AU - Reinier Akkermans AU - Nynke van Dijk AU - Maria van den Muijsenbergh AU - Mechteld Visser Y1 - 2022/12/14 UR - http://bjgpopen.org/content/early/2022/12/12/BJGPO.2022.0082.abstract N2 - Background Recent studies suggest that ethnic minority students underperform in standardised assessments commonly used to evaluate their progress. This disparity seems to also hold for postgraduate medical students and GP trainees, and may affect the quality of primary health care, which requires an optimally diverse workforce.Aims To address the following: 1) to determine to what extent ethnic minority GP trainees are more at risk of being assessed as underperforming than their majority peers; 2) to investigate whether established underperformance appears in specific competence areas; and 3) to explore first- and second-generation ethnic minority trainees’ deviations.Design & setting Quantitative retrospective cohort design in Dutch GP specialty training (start years: 2015–2017).Method In 2020–2021, the authors evaluated files on assessed underperformance of 1700 GP trainees at seven Dutch GP specialty training institutes after excluding five opt-outs and 165 incomplete datasets (17.4% ethnic minority trainees). Underperformance was defined as the occurrence of the following, which was prompted by the training institute: 1) preliminary dropout; 2) extension of the educational pathway; and/or 3) mandatory coaching pathways. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) anonymised the files and added data about ethnic group. Thereafter, the authors performed logistic regression for potential underperformance analysis and χ2 tests for competence area analysis.Results Ethnic minority GP trainees were more likely to face underperformance assessments than the majority group (odds ratio [OR] 2.41, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.67 to 3.49). Underperformance was not significantly nested in particular competence areas. First-generation ethnic minority trainees seemed more at risk than their second-generation peers.Conclusion Ethnic minority GP trainees seem more at risk of facing educational barriers than the majority group. Additional qualitative research on underlying factors is essential. ER -