Sexual harassment in medical training

Article Abstract:

The incidence of sexual harassment among medical students and residents appears to be high and may create an environment that is hostile to learning and working. Sexual harassment can be non-physical or physical and includes behavior such as offensive comments or displays, unwanted attention, offensive body language and sexual bribery. Altogether, 43% of 82 medical residents surveyed had been sexually harassed. Among the 33 women, almost 75% reported being sexually harassed, and many were harassed more than once. Eleven of the 49 men reported being sexually harassed. Unlike the women, men were more likely to have been harassed during residency than during medical school. Only two women and none of the men reported an episode of sexual harassment to an authority. Among the women, 77% said they did not report harassment because they did not think they would be helped, whereas 82% of the men said they did not report harassment because they had resolved the problem without outside help.

Medical students, Surveys, Sexual harassment, Residents (Medicine)

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American medical education 100 years after the Flexner report

Article Abstract:

Medical education has been criticized from the early 1900s to the present, for emphasizing scientific knowledge over biologic understanding, critical reasoning, practical skill, development of character, compassion and integrity. Increasing emphasis is placed on evidence-based practice, system approaches and quality improvement. Advances in these areas require the ability to integrate scientific discoveries and context-specific experimentation for continuous improvement of the processes of medical practice.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Product quality, Personnel administration, New England States, Methods, Medicine, Forecasts and trends, Training, Quality management, Market trend/market analysis, Medical practice, Medical education

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