Table 1.
Medical trainee reporting different types of mistreatment according to sex
| ♂+♀ (N=58) | ♂ (N=28) | ♀ (N=30) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verbal abuse | |||
| Shouted at you | 29 (50%) | 14 (50%) | 15 (50%) |
| Belittled or humiliated you during meetings or rounds | 32 (55.2%) | 17 (60.7%) | 15 (50%) |
| Spoke to you unrespectfully | 27 (46.6%) | 13 (46.4%) | 14 (46.7%) |
| Physical abuse or threats | |||
| Threatened you with physical harms | 7 (12.1%) | 3 (10.7%) | 4 (13.3%) |
| Academic abuse | |||
| You were asked to carry out some personal services unrelated to patient care or educational activities | 17 (29.3%) | 10 (35.7%) | 7 (23.3%) |
| Your questions/queries were intentionally not answered | 17 (29.3%) | 11 (39.3%) | 6 (20.0%) |
| You were forced to refer patients without providing reasonable cause for referral | 30 (51.7%) | 15 (53.6%) | 15 (50%) |
| You were ask to take consent from very complicated cases | 27 (46.6%) | 16 (57.1%) | 11 (36.7%) |
| You were threatened with failure or giving poor evaluations for reasons unrelated to your academic performance | 15 (25.9%) | 11 (39.3%) | 4 (13.3%) |
| Sexual harassment | |||
| Received jokes or comments against your gender (M/F) | 9 (15.5%) | 5 (17.9%) | 4 (13.3%) |
| Received compliments or comments about your body or figure | 7 (12.1%) | 2 (7.1%) | 5 (16.7%) |
| Faced with an offensive body language (eg, repeated leering and standing too close) | 7 (12.1%) | 1 (3.6%) | 6 (20.0%) |
♂, male; ♀, female.