Table 2.

Themes regarding non-reporting of mistreatment emerging from well-being survey from classes of 2013–2015.

Reasons for not reporting	Total number of responses	Percentage of all responses
The incident did not seem important enough to report	54	28
Fear of reprisal	43	22
The reporting process requires too much time and effort	20	10
Mistreatment seems to be a part of medical education culture	14	7
I resolved the issue myself	10	5
I was unsure if the incident was considered mistreatment	6	3
It seemed like the person did not intentionally mean to be harmful or was joking	5	3
I did not know what to do	4	2
The incident did not affect me directly	4	2
No one would believe my report	3	2
I could not identify the person’s name	2	1
Total	197	100