Title |
Mistreatment in an academic setting and medical students' perceptions about their course in São Paulo, Brazil: a cross-sectional study
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Published in |
Sao Paulo Medical Journal, April 2016
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DOI | 10.1590/1516-3180.2015.01332210 |
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Authors |
Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres, Fernanda Babler, Juliana Naomy Lacerda Arakaki, Irene Yamamoto do Vale Quaresma, Abraão Deyvid Alves de Lima Barreto, Andréa Tenório Correia da Silva, José Eluf-Neto |
Abstract |
High prevalence of mistreatment among medical students has been described in the worldwide literature since the 1980s. However, studies addressing the severity and recurrence of victimization and its effects on students' perceptions of their medical course are scarce. This study had the aim of estimating the prevalence of exposure to mistreatment that was considered to be severe and recurrent and its association with medical students' perceptions about their medical course. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a medical school in São Paulo, Brazil. Three hundred and seventeen students from the first to the sixth year answered the online questionnaire. High prevalence of mistreatment during the course was found. Two thirds of the students considered the episodes to be severe, and around one third reported experiencing recurrent victimization. Occurences of mistreatment that the students considered to be severe were correlated with feeling overloaded and wanting to abandon the medical course. Occurrences of mistreatment within the academic environment are frequent in Brazil. The results suggest that mistreatment that was considered to be severe might negatively affect students' perceptions about their course. |
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Geographical breakdown
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United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 78 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 17 | 22% |
Student > Master | 7 | 9% |
Researcher | 5 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
Other | 16 | 21% |
Unknown | 23 | 29% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 37% |
Psychology | 7 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
Other | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 32 | 41% |