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Experiences of mistreatment among medical students in a University in South West Nigeria
Objective: This study was conducted to assess the experiences of mistreatment and harassment among final-year clinical students in a Nigerian medical school. Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information on the various forms of mistreatment experienced by 26...
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| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 720 | |a Owoaje, E.T. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Uchendu, O. C. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Ige, O. K. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2012 | ||
| 520 | |a Objective: This study was conducted to assess the experiences of mistreatment and harassment among final-year clinical students in a Nigerian medical school. Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information on the various forms of mistreatment experienced by 269 students in the 2007 and 2008 graduating classes of a medical school in Nigeria. Results: Almost all the respondents (98.5%) had experienced one or more forms of mistreatment during their training. The commonest forms experienced by the students were being shouted at (92.6%), public humiliation or belittlement (87.4%), negative or disparaging remarks about their academic performance (71.4%), being assigned tasks as punishment (67.7%), and someone else taking credit for work done by the student (49.4%). Religious or age discrimination was reported by 34.2%, sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based mistreatment by 33.8%, and threats of harm by 26.4%. These incidents were mainly perpetrated by physicians and occurred mostly during surgical rotations. The effects included strained relationships with the perpetrators, reduced self-confidence and depression. Conclusion: Most medical students experienced verbal forms of mistreatment and abuse during their training. Appropriate strategies for the prevention and reduction of medical student mistreatment should be developed. | ||
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| 024 | 8 | |a 2229-7731 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_owoaje_experiences_2012 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice 15(2), pp. 214-219 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12310 | |
| 653 | |a Final-year medical students | ||
| 653 | |a Mistreatment | ||
| 653 | |a South west Nigeria | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Experiences of mistreatment among medical students in a University in South West Nigeria |