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Home Research Research Library Family Medicine Clerkship Directors’ Handling of Student Mistreatment: Results From a CERA Survey Family Medicine Clerkship Directors’ Handling of Student Mistreatment: Results From a CERA Survey 2020 Author(s) Huang, William Y, Purkiss, Joel, Eden, Aimee R, and Appelbaum, Nital Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Undergraduate Medical Education Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine Background and Objectives: Little is known about how family medicine clerkship directors (FMCDs) handle reports of student mistreatment. We investigated FMCDs’ involvement in handling and resolving these reports. Methods: We collected data as part of the 2019 CERA survey of FMCDs. FMCDs provided responses on how they handled student mistreatment reports and their comfort level in resolving these reports. Results: Ninety-nine out of 142 FMCDs (69.7%) responded to the survey. Regarding mistreatment reports, 24.2% of FMCDs had received at least one report of student mistreatment about full-time faculty in the past 3 years, compared to 64.6% of FMCDs receiving at least one report about community preceptors (P<.001). Regarding who determined the response to the mistreatment, 13.1% of FMCDs were the highest level of leadership responsible for stopping use of a full-time faculty member for mistreatment concerns, while 42.4% of FMCDs were the highest level of leadership responsible for stopping use of a community preceptor. Regarding their comfort level in resolving mistreatment reports, 59.1% of FMCDs were either somewhat or very comfortable resolving a mistreatment report about a community preceptor, while only 48.9% reported those comfort levels for full-time faculty. FMCDs who had previously stopped using full-time faculty and/or community preceptors due to mistreatment reports were less likely to feel comfortable with resolving reports about full-time faculty compared to those who had no such experience (P=.03). Conclusions: FMCDs more frequently receive mistreatment reports about community preceptors than full-time faculty and are more likely to be the highest decision maker to stop using a community preceptor for mistreatment concerns. Further study is needed to elucidate factors that affect FMCDs’ comfort in handling student mistreatment reports. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. 2008 Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations Go to Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations 2019 Response to” The Importance of Support Staff to Research Capacity” Go to Response to” The Importance of Support Staff to Research Capacity” 1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine
Author(s) Huang, William Y, Purkiss, Joel, Eden, Aimee R, and Appelbaum, Nital Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Undergraduate Medical Education Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. 2008 Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations Go to Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations 2019 Response to” The Importance of Support Staff to Research Capacity” Go to Response to” The Importance of Support Staff to Research Capacity” 1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine
2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States.
2008 Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations Go to Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations
2019 Response to” The Importance of Support Staff to Research Capacity” Go to Response to” The Importance of Support Staff to Research Capacity”
1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine
