TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual Harassment Prevalence Among OBGYN Trainees and Cultural Climate of their Training Programs
T2 - Result From a Nationwide Survey
AU - Menhaji, Kimia
AU - Pan, Stephanie
AU - Hardart, Anne
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Dr. Sheila Brassel, PhD, and Dr. Lilia Cortina, PhD from the University of Michigan for supplying their data collection instrument. The authors wish to thank Dr. Lisa Dabney, MD, Dr. Robert Fallar PhD, Dr. Michael Leitman, MD of Icahn School of Medicine in their support and help with finalizing the data collection tool for this study. The authors also wish to thank Dr. David Chelmow, MD, Virginia Commonwealth university, Dr. Christine Heisler, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, and Dr. Mark B. Woodland, MS, MD of Tower Health Medical Group for their support and allowing this important topic to be shared at the CREOG council and CUCOG council. Kimia Menhaji- Study Design, Data gathering, Data presentation, Manuscript writing & editing. Stephanie Pan- Study Design, Statistical Analysis, Manuscript writing, Anne Hardart- Study Design, Data gathering, Data presentation, Manuscript editing. - February 2020, The ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) committees & CREOG (Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology) committee - February 2020, APGO/CREOG conference, Orlando FL – 2 oral presentations - July 2020, Council of University Chairs of Obstetrics and Gynecology (CUCOG)- virtual, None.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Association of Program Directors in Surgery
PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Sexual harassment has many short- and long-term consequences and greatly impacts the clinical work environment, job satisfaction, job performance, and mental wellbeing of the individual. Data on prevalence of sexual harassment in a women-majority field such as Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN) are limited. This national cross-sectional study sought to determine the prevalence of sexual harassment among OBGYN trainees in the United States (U.S.) and assess the associated departmental cultural climate. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: This study was a cross-sectional, anonymous, voluntary, national survey of OBGYN residents and fellows in the U.S. conducted from May 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019. The validated Sexual Experience Questionnaire was administered via an online survey. Trainees were also queried regarding wellbeing, work satisfaction, and departmental/institutional reporting structure. Demographic data were also gathered. The main outcome was prevalence of sexual harassment among U.S. OBGYN trainees. RESULTS: An email including the survey link was distributed to 1473 OBGYN trainees from 60 programs; 366 completed it (24.8% response rate). The mean age of survey respondents was 30.5 (SD 2.9) years. The majority of respondents were women (86%), White (64.1%), and residents (PGY 1-4, 80.2%). The prevalence of sexual harassment among respondents was 69.1% (69.6% of men and 68.7% of women). The prevalence of sexual harassment by race/ethnicity was: Hispanic/Latina 75.0%, White 68.7%, Asian 68.6%, and Black 47.4% trainees. The majority of respondents’ program directors were women (66.4%, 227/342) and the majority of department chairs were men (68.9%, 235/341). The prevalence of sexual harassment did not differ based on the gender of the respondents’ program directors and chairs (p-value 0.93). CONCLUSIONS: There is a high prevalence of sexual harassment among U.S. OBGYN trainees. Action is required to improve institutional and departmental cultures.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Sexual harassment has many short- and long-term consequences and greatly impacts the clinical work environment, job satisfaction, job performance, and mental wellbeing of the individual. Data on prevalence of sexual harassment in a women-majority field such as Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN) are limited. This national cross-sectional study sought to determine the prevalence of sexual harassment among OBGYN trainees in the United States (U.S.) and assess the associated departmental cultural climate. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: This study was a cross-sectional, anonymous, voluntary, national survey of OBGYN residents and fellows in the U.S. conducted from May 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019. The validated Sexual Experience Questionnaire was administered via an online survey. Trainees were also queried regarding wellbeing, work satisfaction, and departmental/institutional reporting structure. Demographic data were also gathered. The main outcome was prevalence of sexual harassment among U.S. OBGYN trainees. RESULTS: An email including the survey link was distributed to 1473 OBGYN trainees from 60 programs; 366 completed it (24.8% response rate). The mean age of survey respondents was 30.5 (SD 2.9) years. The majority of respondents were women (86%), White (64.1%), and residents (PGY 1-4, 80.2%). The prevalence of sexual harassment among respondents was 69.1% (69.6% of men and 68.7% of women). The prevalence of sexual harassment by race/ethnicity was: Hispanic/Latina 75.0%, White 68.7%, Asian 68.6%, and Black 47.4% trainees. The majority of respondents’ program directors were women (66.4%, 227/342) and the majority of department chairs were men (68.9%, 235/341). The prevalence of sexual harassment did not differ based on the gender of the respondents’ program directors and chairs (p-value 0.93). CONCLUSIONS: There is a high prevalence of sexual harassment among U.S. OBGYN trainees. Action is required to improve institutional and departmental cultures.
KW - Mistreatment
KW - OBGYN
KW - Residents
KW - Sexual harassment
KW - Surgical
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85136041925&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.04.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 35484059
AN - SCOPUS:85136041925
SN - 1931-7204
VL - 79
SP - 1113
EP - 1123
JO - Journal of Surgical Education
JF - Journal of Surgical Education
IS - 5
ER -