Reactions and perspectives of medical students on workplace violence during clinical training in Ardabil, Iran, 2020

Autor: Saber Sadeghi, Atefeh Shadman, Afrouz Mardi, Daniel Hackett
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Medical Education, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04426-7
Popis: Abstract Background Workplace violence continues among medical students in training. This study aimed to determine the reactions and perspectives of medical students against workplace violence during clinical training in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences in Iran, 2020. Materials This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 medical students from April to March 2020, in the Ardabil university hospitals. Students with at least one year training in the university hospitals were eligible to participate. Data was collected via questionnaires administered in the health ward. Data was analyzed through SPSS 23 software. Results Most respondents had experienced workplace violence in the form of verbal (63%), physical (25.7%), racial (23%) and sexual (3%) violence during clinical training. Men were the aggressors during violence of a physical (80.5%), verbal (69.8%), racial (76.8%) and sexual (100%) nature (p
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