BMJ  2006;333 (30 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7570.0-c

Bullying is rife at US medical schools

Most US medical students report having been bullied during medical school. In a longitudinal survey Frank and colleagues (p 682) asked more than 2800 medical students from the class of 2003 in 16 US medical schools for their perceptions of having been harassed or belittled at three different stages in their studies and evaluated their demographics and mental health. By their senior year, 42% of the students reported having experienced harassment, and 84% reported belittlement during medical school. Poor mental health and low career satisfaction were significantly associated with being harassed or belittled.

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Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey

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