Student and clinician perceptions of medical student mistreatment: a cross-sectional vignette survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The mistreatment of medical students remains pervasive in medical education. Understanding the extent to which clinicians and students recognise mistreatment can assist in creating targeted interventions that reduce mistreatment. The objective of this study was to use clinical vignettes to assess perceptions of medical student mistreatment among medical students and clinical faculty at an Australian university.

Design, setting and participants

This cross-sectional study used a survey of medical students and clinical faculty in a Doctor of Medicine (MD) programme at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Data were collected via an online survey between 13 July and 27 July 2020.

Outcome measures

Fourteen clinical vignettes were developed based on commonly

SUBMITTER: Peckston DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476143 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature