High rates of harassment behaviors observed in obstetrics and gynecology

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High rates of harassment behaviors observed in obstetrics and gynecology

There are high rates of harassment behaviors within the obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) specialty, according to a review

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online May 8 in JAMA Network Open.

Ankita Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Louisville Health in Kentucky, and colleagues conducted a systematic review of the prevalence of ******* harassment, bullying, ******, and discrimination among OB-GYN clinicians and trainees and reviewed interventions aimed at reducing harassment. Ten studies, with 5,852 participants, addressed prevalence, and 12 studies, involving 2,906 participants, addressed interventions.

The researchers found that OB-GYN respondents frequently reported a prevalence of ******* harassment (range, 27.6 percent of physicians to 70.9 percent of female gynecologic oncologists), workplace discrimination (67.2 percent of female versus 38.5 percent of male gynecologic oncologists), and bullying (52.8 percent of female gynecologic oncologists).

OB-GYN trainees often experienced ******* harassment (69.1 percent), including gender harassment, unwanted ******* attention, and ******* coercion. About one-quarter of medical students surveyed (25.1 percent) indicated mistreatment during their OB-GYN rotation. Physicians, other trainees, and operating room staff were perpetrators of harassment (30.1, 13.1, and 7.7 percent, respectively). No significant decrease in the frequency of ******* harassment was seen with any intervention.

“Interventions to decrease harassment had not been adequately studied, but institutionwide, multipronged approaches with support from varying levels of stakeholders appeared to have the highest efficacy for reductions in mistreatment in medical training,” the authors write. “Nevertheless, most interventions were not associated with reduced ******* harassment.”

Several authors disclosed ties to the biopharmaceutical industry.

More information:
Ankita Gupta et al, ******* Harassment, ******, and Discrimination in Obstetrics and Gynecology, JAMA Network Open (2024).

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