Formal reporting of identity-based harassment at an academic medical center: incidence, barriers, and institutional responses

摘要: PurposeTo examine the incidence of, barriers to, and institutional responses to formal reporting of experiences of identity-based harassment at an academic medical center.MethodThe authors invited 4,545 faculty and medical trainees at the University of Michigan Medical School to participate in a 2018 survey about civility and respect. This analysis focused on respondents who indicated experiencing at least 1 form of identity-based harassment (sexual harassment, gender policing harassment, heterosexist harassment, racialized sexual harassment) within the past year, perpetrated by staff, students, and faculty or by patients and patients’ families. The authors assessed the incidence of formally reporting harassment to someone in authority, barriers to reporting, and institutional responses following reporting.ResultsAmong the 1,288 (28.3%) respondents with usable data, 83.9%(n= 1,080) indicated experiencing …