Emergency medicine residents frequently experienced mistreatment in the workplace, including gender and racial discrimination, physical abuse and sexual harassment, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.
Researchers reported that the source of workplace mistreatment was often patients or patients’ family members.
In a separate study published in JAMA Network Open, data showed that mistreatment is also common among medical students. Both studies highlight the need for interventions to improve medical training, according to researchers.
Michelle D. Lall, MD, MHS, a physician