Empowering Medical Students to Address Patient-Initiated Mistreatment at the Transition to Residency: An Education Quality Improvement Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mistreatment from patients is prevalent and has far-reaching negative consequences.

Aim

To develop a practice-based curriculum on patient-initiated mistreatment and examine participant perceptions before and after the curriculum.

Setting

Single medical school in the United States.

Participants

306 senior medical students from classes 2022 and 2023.

Program description

A single patient-initiated mistreatment session delivered during specialty-specific residency preparation courses (RPCs) featuring a literature discussion, a response framework, and patient-actor skills practice.

Program evaluation

Between February 2022 and October 2023, 22 sessions occurred. Electronic surveys were delivered before, following, and approximately eight mont

SUBMITTER: Fraley L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11802998 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature