Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine medical students' perceptions of having been harassed or belittled and their correlates, for the purposes of reducing such abuses.

Design

Longitudinal survey.

Setting

16 nationally representative US medical schools.

Participants

2884 students from class of 2003.

Main outcome measures

Experiences of harassment and belittlement at freshman orientation, at entry to wards, and in senior year by other students, by residents or fellows, by preclinical professors, by clinical professors or attendings, or by patients.

Results

2316 students provided data (response rate 80.3%). Among seniors, 42% (581/1387) reported having experienced harassment and 84% (1166/1393) belittlement during medical school. These types of abuse were caused b

SUBMITTER: Frank E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1584373 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature