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Patient Harassment of Medical Trainees: Reflections for a More Inclusive Future.

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Introduction In the era of the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, there is considerable attention paid to and literature chronicling harassment and abuse of medical trainees by their faculty,… Click to show full abstract

Introduction In the era of the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, there is considerable attention paid to and literature chronicling harassment and abuse of medical trainees by their faculty, supervisors, and fellow health care workers. However, a relatively neglected aspect of trainee mistreatment is the harassment and bias trainees endure from patients and their families. Such situations carry unique stressors for trainees. In this article, 2 female hematology and medical oncology fellows (with one being Black and the other White) discuss examples and propose responses to this important failure of the physician training environment.

Keywords: medical trainees; patient harassment; harassment; oncology; trainees reflections; harassment medical

Journal Title: JAMA oncology
Year Published: 2022

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