Title
Mistreatment associated with workplace harassment against medical interns in peruvian hospitals
Other title
[Maltrato asociado al acoso laboral a internos de medicina en hospitales peruanos]
Date Issued
01 October 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Editorial Ciencias Medicas
Abstract
Introduction: Harassment against medical students, especially interns, is usually a constant within hospitals in Peru. This becomes a problem when it comes from physicians belonging to the same hospital. Objective: To determine the values of harassment and mistreatment of medical assistants and residents towards medical interns in different hospitals in Peru. Methods: A cross-sectional and analytical study was carried out, based on a survey on doctors who had recently done their internship. The NAQ-R test was used to assess harassment. Also, the respondents were asked about their perception about harassment and mistreatment that came from medical residents and assistants. Association statistics were obtained. Results: Of the 617 interns surveyed, the highest value for harassment obtained in the test corresponded to medical residents (RPa: 2.40; CI95%: 1.75-3.30; p value<0.001) and assistants (RPa: 2.08; CI95%: 1.57-2.75; p value<0.001). On the other hand, according to perception about harassment, it was higher in the interns who had performed their internship in more than one hospital center (RPa: 1.96; CI95%: 1.25-3.07; p value=0.003), but also among those who had perceived mistreatments by medical residents (RPa: 2.41; CI95%: 1.71-3.39; p value<0.001) and assistants (RPa: 1.80; CI95%: 1, 32-2.44; p value<0.001). Conclusions: It was found that there was mistreatment (by perception and the test) by medical assistants and residents, which is described as serious since it generates a toxic work and training environment. Thus, it is recommended to promote situational analyzes in each reality and interventions to break the vicious circle of mistreatment.
Start page
37
End page
50
Volume
33
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud ocupacional
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85077534794
Source
Revista Cubana de Educacion Medica Superior
ISSN of the container
08642141
Sources of information:
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