Table 3.
Medical trainee reporting mistreatment according to specialty
| All (n=58) | Medicine | Surgery | Paediatrics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verbal abuse | 32 (55.2%) | 17 (29.3%) | 15 (25.9%) | |
| Shouted at you | 29 (50%) | 20 (62.5%) | 11 (64.7%) | 9 (60%) |
| Belittled or humiliated you during meetings or rounds | 32 (55.2%) | 21 (65.6%) | 10 (58.8%) | 13 (86.7%) |
| Spoke to you unrespectfully | 27 (46.6%) | 18 (56.2%) | 8 (47.1%) | 11 (73.3%) |
| Physical abuse or threats | 11 (19%) | 1 (1.7%) | 3 (5.2%) | |
| Threatened you with physical harms | 7 (12.1%) | 11 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 3 (100%) |
| Academic abuse | 35 (60.3%) | 17 (29%) | 9 (15.5%) | |
| You were asked to carry out some personal services unrelated to patient care or educational activities | 17 (29.3%) | 13 (37.1%) | 7 (41.2%) | 5 (55.6%) |
| Your questions/queries were intentionally not answered | 17 (29.3%) | 10 (28.6%) | 9 (52.9%) | 3 (33.3%) |
| You were forced to refer patients without providing reasonable cause for referral | 30 (51.7%) | 21 (60%) | 11 (64.7%) | 5 (55.6%) |
| You were ask to take consent from very complicated cases | 27 (46.6%) | 20 (57.1%) | 10 (58.8%) | 4 (44.4%) |
| You were threatened with failure or giving poor evaluations for reasons unrelated to your academic performance | 15 (25.9%) | 10 (28.6%) | 4 (23.5%) | 5 (55.6%) |
| Sexual harassment | 10 (17.2%) | 7 (12.1%) | 4 (6.9%) | |
| Received jokes or comments against your gender (M/F) | 9 (15.5%) | 5 (50%) | 5 (71.4%) | 2 (50%) |
| Received compliments or comments about your body or figure | 7 (12.1%) | 4 (40%) | 3 (42.9%) | 1 (25%) |
| Faced with an offensive body language (eg, repeated leering, standing too close) | 7 (12.1%) | 6 (60%) | 1 (14.3%) | 2 (50%) |