• J. Am. Coll. Surg. · Apr 2022

    Public Humiliation in the Surgical Clerkship: Qualitative Analysis of Responses to the Association of American Medical Colleges Graduation Questionnaire.

    • Clarence Mullins, Edward Callahan, Heather Hageman, Herbert Chen, and Brenessa Lindeman.
    • From the Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (Mullins, Chen, Lindeman).
    • J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2022 Apr 1; 234 (4): 701707701-707.

    BackgroundNearly 1 in 5 medical students reports at least 1 incident of mistreatment, with many occurring in the perioperative environment. We aimed to further define the types of mistreatment occurring perioperatively in a national data set by using a mixed-methods approach.Study DesignA sample of 2,224 responses to the general public humiliation free-text question on the 2015 Association of American Medical College's Graduation Questionnaire were analyzed. Using grounded theory methodology, 4 raters independently created and refined the coding schema. Final coding was determined by majority rating. Descriptive statistics, interrater reliability, and chi-square analysis were performed where appropriate.ResultsAmong responses, 2,411 events were identified. Interrater reliability was moderate (>0.41) on 94% of variables. Events occurring in a specific setting implicated the surgery clerkship and the operating room 53.2% and 21.8% of the time, respectively. Perioperative events accounted for nearly one-third of verbal abuse reports (30.5%, 324/1059), and almost half of events described yelling (47.0%, 178/379). Mistreatment involving physical contact was significantly more likely to occur in the operating room (59% vs 41%, p < 0.001). Events coded as possibly routine education (n = 379) were significantly less common perioperatively than nonsurgical settings (20.5% vs 79.4%, p = 0.007).ConclusionsA significant proportion of medical student mistreatment events occur in the context of surgery. Surgeons and trainees must play active roles in leading and instituting needed changes to improve the learning environment to support medical students and recruit a sufficient future surgical workforce.Copyright © 2022 by the American College of Surgeons. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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