Assessment of Programs Aimed to Decrease or Prevent Mistreatment of Medical Trainees.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mistreatment of medical students is pervasive and has negative effects on performance, well-being, and patient care.

Objective

To document the published programmatic and curricular attempts to decrease the incidence of mistreatment.

Data sources

PubMed, Scopus, ERIC, the Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, and MedEdPORTAL were searched. Comprehensive searches were run on "mistreatment" and "abuse of medical trainees" on all peer-reviewed publications until November 1, 2017.

Study selection

Citations were reviewed for descriptions of programs to decrease the incidence of mistreatment in a medical school or hospital with program evaluation data. A mistreatment program was defined as an educational effort to reduce the abuse, mistreatment, harassment, or discri

SUBMITTER: Mazer LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324298 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature