Table 3 Mistreatment details. Participants have the option to select more than one choice.
Number of responses | % of responses | |
|---|---|---|
Rotation(s) students experienced mistreatment | 138 | |
Surgery | 89 | 64.5 |
Internal medicine | 30 | 21.7 |
obstetrics and gynecology | 15 | 10.9 |
others | 4 | 2.9 |
Source(s) of mistreatment | 667 | |
Faculty members | 271 | 40.6 |
Residents | 166 | 24.8 |
Nurses | 161 | 24.1 |
Medical students | 37 | 5.5 |
Other healthcare personnel | 20 | 3.0 |
Patients | 12 | 1.8 |
Students’ reaction(s) to mistreatment | 893 | |
Anger | 207 | 23.2 |
Decreased motivation to learn | 184 | 20.6 |
Depression | 134 | 15.0 |
Anxiety | 88 | 9.9 |
Thoughts about quitting | 80 | 9.0 |
Fear | 78 | 8.7 |
Minor impact | 69 | 7.7 |
Humor | 28 | 3.1 |
Insomnia | 25 | 2.8 |
Students’ opinion on the maltreaters’ reason(s) of the mistreatment in students | 649 | |
They did not consider mistreatment as an inappropriate or serious act | 187 | 28.8 |
They wanted students to improve themselves | 125 | 19.3 |
They lost self-control | 120 | 18.5 |
They thought it was a deserved punishment | 102 | 15.7 |
They wanted students to be more motivated to learn | 72 | 11.1 |
They wanted students to be mentally stronger | 34 | 5.2 |
Other | 9 | 1.4 |
Reason(s) for not reporting mistreatment events experienced | 108 | |
I didn’t think the problem could be solved | 52 | 48.1 |
It wasn’t a significant matter to be reported | 23 | 21.3 |
I dealt with the problem myself | 18 | 16.7 |
I was afraid I would get in trouble for reporting | 8 | 7.4 |
I didn’t know what to do | 7 | 6.5 |
Reason(s) for not reporting mistreatment events witnessed | 655 | |
I didn’t think the problem could be solved | 206 | 15.7 |
I didn’t know what to do | 120 | 9.2 |
It was their personal problems | 119 | 9.1 |
I thought they could deal with the problem themselves | 99 | 7.6 |
I was afraid of revenge | 62 | 4.7 |
It wasn’t a significant matter to be reported | 49 | 3.7 |
