Abstract

HERRERA-SILVA, Jorge Carlos; TREVINO-MOORE, Aida  and  ACOSTA-CORONA, Carlos Germán. Violence epidemiological profile inside two pediatricians schools in Sonora state. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2006, vol.63, n.1, pp.18-30. ISSN 1665-1146.

Introduction. The phenomenon of the violence in the medical education programs ranging from verbal, psychological, physical, and sexual follows different patterns and has a negative influence on training. Material and methods. A validated questionnaire was applied to a 2 pediatrics residency training programs, to investigate whether during the course training a resident had been a victim of physical, psychological, verbal or sexual harassment. In academic-work situations due to their personal appearance, how they behaved or the expression of their personal views. For the analysis of the data we used nonparametric statistics. Results. Forty five residents, 11 in hospital A and 34 in hospital B participated. The 93% referred to have been victim of some form of harassment, 9 in levels of maximal to extreme. The physical harassment predominated, the commonest setting was while being on call. Significant difference (P =0.0001) was found between both hospitals, as determined by a greater harassment in hospital A. Conclusions. Harassment between fellow residents during the course of pediatric residency training is not uncommon and in this study had a predominantly physical profile.

Keywords : Residency; medical, training; internship and residency; harassment; education, medical; specialties, medical; pediatricians.

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