A New Tool to Report Medical Trainee Mistreatment Reveals Thorny Issues
With the introduction of an online tool at an academic medical center, trainees there were able to report incidents of mistreatment and show that a small number of faculty were responsible for the bulk of unprofessional behavior, according to a cohort study. From a pool of 4,200 medical students, residents, clinical fellows, graduate students, and […]
Opinion | Physicians: Get a Mentor or a Coach?
Over the years, I have mentored a lot of trainees. After discovering coaching and seeing my career transform after I started working with a coach, I have become a coach myself. I definitely use coaching techniques with my mentees, but the relationship I have with them is different from the one I have with my […]
Survey: Two-thirds of Female Orthopedic Trainees Report Sexual Harassment
More than two-thirds of U.S. female orthopedic medical trainees said they experienced sexual harassment on the job, and current residents are experiencing the same level of abuse as veteran physicians did years ago, a researcher reported. In a 2019 online survey to 682 members of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society — a support and networking […]