Horizontal Violence Toward Emergency Medicine Residents: Gender as a Risk Factor.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Horizontal violence (HV) is defined as "persistent exposure to interpersonal aggression and mistreatment from colleagues." Our objective in this pilot, single-site study was to identify sources of HV toward emergency medicine (EM) residents, using the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R).

Methods

In this investigation we used a descriptive cross-sectional survey design to categorize HV. All voluntary participants were residents in an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved, three-year academic EM residency. Data were collected via electronic survey and occurred six months into an academic year. We collected demographic information and responses to the NAQ-R in 2020. Horizontal violence is subdivided into three categories: work-relate

SUBMITTER: Jacobson AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541973 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature