Sexual Harassment of Canadian Medical Students: A National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite explicit policies and reporting mechanisms in academia designed to prevent harassment and ensure respectful environments, sexual harassment persists. We report on a national survey of Canadian medical students' experiences of sexual harassment perpetrated by faculty, patients and peers, their responses to harassment, and their suggestions for improving the learning environment.

Methods

With ethics approval from all 17 Canadian universities with medical schools, an invitation to participate in an anonymous, electronic survey was included in three Canadian Federation of Medical Students' newsletters (2016). Narrative information about sexual harassment during medical training, perpetrators, ways of coping, sources of support, formal and informal reporting/di

SUBMITTER: Phillips SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537541 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature