Sexual Harassment

For 2 years, Kellie Lease Stecher, MD, had advocated for safe reporting structures at her institution so that incidents of harassment could be submitted anonymously and evaluated objectively.

Sexual harassment and sexual assault by patients are common in many specialties, most often toward female practitioners, and can significantly increase rates of physician burnout, according to a study.

Emergency medicine residents frequently experienced mistreatment in the workplace, including gender and racial discrimination, physical abuse and sexual harassment, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

New survey results show that nearly half of cardiologists experienced a hostile work environment. More women than men reported hostility, including harassment and discrimination. It was the top story in cardiology last week.

Problematic sexual behaviors occur often among physicians and in medicine and need to be addressed, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting.

According to an American College of Cardiology survey, 44% of cardiologists from around the world reported being in a hostile work environment.

In this video, Kimberly J. Templeton, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, FAMWA, past president of the American Medical Women’s Association, describes how biases and harassment impact women physicians and ways to improve their well-being.

Last week, survey results revealed gender discrimination in the gynecologic oncology workforce. Female practitioners reported high rates of workplace bullying and microaggressions. It was the top story in hematology/oncology.

Most female gynecologic oncologists who responded to an internet-based survey reported having experienced workplace bullying, according to a presentation at the virtual Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.

A survey conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic showed that almost one in four physicians were attacked on social media. This number is expected to be even higher now, according to one of the study authors.