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Student mistreatment in medical school and planning a career in academic medicine
Mark G Haviland1, Hisashi Yamagata, Leonard S Werner
1Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 1686 Barton Road, Redlands, CA 92373, USA. mhaviland@llu.edu
Background:
Student mistreatment in medical school is a persistent problem with both known and unexplored consequences [corrected].
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a perception of having been mistreated in medical school had an association with planning a full-time career in academic medicine.
Method:
Using Association of American Medical Colleges' 2000-2004 Medical School Graduation Questionnaire data, we evaluated the relationship between students' mistreatment experience and their career choice, academic versus nonacademic setting. Meta-analysis and regression were used to evaluate this relationship.
Results:
At medical schools where relatively high percentages of graduating seniors were planning academic careers, students reporting mistreatment experiences were less likely at graduation to be planning careers in academic medicine.
Conclusion:
A perception of having been mistreated in medical school is related to students' career choices, a finding that may be useful to medical school administrators/faculty and students as mistreatment is addressed in program planning, counseling, and faculty recruitment.
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