TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical Students' Perspectives on and Responses to Abuse during the Internal Medicine Clerkship
AU - Elnicki, D. Michael
AU - Curry, Raymond H.
AU - Fagan, Mark
AU - Friedman, Erica
AU - Jacobson, Eric
AU - Loftus, Tayloe
AU - Ogden, Paul
AU - Pangaro, Louis
AU - Papadakis, Maxine
AU - Szauter, Karen
AU - Wallach, Paul
AU - Linger, Barry
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding was provided by the Department of Medicine, West Virginia University. These data were presented, in part, at the 1999 RIME meeting, Washington, DC. Correspondence may be sent to D. Michael Elnicki, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Shadyside, 5230 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Background: The abuse of medical students on clinical rotations is a recognized problem, but the effects on students and their responses warrant further study. Purpose: To determine the severity of student abuse and the effects of abuse on students during the internal medicine clerkship. Methods: Internal medicine clerks at 11 medical schools (N = 1,072) completed an exit survey. Students were asked whether they had been abused. If they had, they were asked about the severity of the abuse, whether they reported it, and its effects on them. Results: Of the responding students, 123 (11%) believed they had been abused. Only 31% of the students who felt abused reported the episodes to someone. The most common consequences of the events included poor learning environments, lack of confidence, and feelings of depression, anger, and humiliation. Conclusion: Students described a variety of personal and educational effects of abuse. They generally did not report abuse because of fear of retaliation and the belief that reporting is pointless.
AB - Background: The abuse of medical students on clinical rotations is a recognized problem, but the effects on students and their responses warrant further study. Purpose: To determine the severity of student abuse and the effects of abuse on students during the internal medicine clerkship. Methods: Internal medicine clerks at 11 medical schools (N = 1,072) completed an exit survey. Students were asked whether they had been abused. If they had, they were asked about the severity of the abuse, whether they reported it, and its effects on them. Results: Of the responding students, 123 (11%) believed they had been abused. Only 31% of the students who felt abused reported the episodes to someone. The most common consequences of the events included poor learning environments, lack of confidence, and feelings of depression, anger, and humiliation. Conclusion: Students described a variety of personal and educational effects of abuse. They generally did not report abuse because of fear of retaliation and the belief that reporting is pointless.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15328015TLM1402_05
DO - 10.1207/S15328015TLM1402_05
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12058552
AN - SCOPUS:0036517039
SN - 1040-1334
VL - 14
SP - 92
EP - 97
JO - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
JF - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
IS - 2
ER -