Sexual Harassment in Academic Medicine

Persistence, Non-Reporting, and Institutional Response

Bibliographic Data

ID15328221
AuthorsDelese Wear (Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine 4209 State Route 44, PO Box 95 Rootstown, OH 44272, corresponding author), Julie M Aultman (0000-0002-9423-5788, Northeast Ohio Medical University), Julie Aultman (Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine 4209 State Route 44, PO Box 95 Rootstown, OH 44272)
Year2005
Volume10
Issue1
Pages4377-4377
Publication date2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Education Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-2981 • E-ISSN: 1087-2981
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3402/meo.v10i.4377
PMID28253151
OpenAlexW2143818891
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

Sexual harassment occurs with regularity during medical training, and it remains largely unreported. This study is one institution's attempt to understand how third and fourth-year medical students perceive and experience sexual harassment, what they believe about reporting sexual harassment, and how they believe it might be eradicated from the educational environment. We used a qualitative research method for our investigation, which would generate more specific language to use in a larger empirical study involving larger numbers of our students. We conducted five focus groups with 24 students, which yielded five categories of response obtained through a close, line-byline reading of transcribed audiotapes. In addition, we offer four recommendations to medical education researchers, deans of medical schools, and medical school accrediting bodies that may reduce the incidence of sexual harassment of medical students. While we do not make the case that the observations, explanations, and recommendations of these 24 students reflect the opinions of all medical students here or elsewhere, we do propose that they are a snapshot of one medical school's gender climate and offer a valuable foundation for further inquiry

Empirical research · Family medicine · Focus group · Harassment · Medical education · Medical school · Qualitative research · Sociology · Athletic Training and Education · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying

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