Highlights
- •Medical student mistreatment occurs throughout the clinical curriculum.
- •Medical student mistreatment negatively impacts team dynamics and patient safety.
- •Attendings, residents, and fellows are common perpetrators of verbal/emotional abuse.
- •Patients are common perpetrators of sexual harassment, gender, and race mistreatment.
Abstract
Background
The goal of this study was to learn more about the potential impact of medical student
mistreatment on patient safety and care.
Methods
A web-based survey was sent to members of the class of 2021 and 2022 who have completed
their core clerkships at a single academic institution. Descriptive statistics were
performed to understand how prior and future mistreatment impacted communication among
students and team members.
Results
We received 290 of 376 responses (77.1%). 26% of respondents indicated that past mistreatment
negatively impacted their communication with other team members. 30% of respondents
reported that fear of future mistreatment negatively impacted their communication
with other team members.
Conclusion
Mistreatment of medical students has many sources and occurs throughout the clinical
curriculum. Past and fear of future student mistreatment can negatively impact intrateam
communication and therefore negatively impact patient care, with the potential of
causing poor patient outcomes.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 12, 2023
Accepted:
December 27,
2022
Received in revised form:
November 28,
2022
Received:
October 25,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofIdentification
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