Harassment and discrimination in medical training: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 817-827

  Fnais, Naif ^a   Soobiah, Charlene ^a   Chen, Maggie Hong ^b   Lillie, Erin ^a   Perrier, Laure ^a   Tashkhandi, Mariam ^a   Straus, Sharon E ^b   Mamdani, Muhammad ^b   Al Omran, Mohammed ^b   Tricco, Andrea C ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900469239     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000200     Document Type: Review

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