Medical Students' Experience of Harassment and Its Impact on Quality of Life: a Scoping Review

Marcus A Henning; Josephine Stonyer; Yan Chen; Benjamin Alsop-Ten Hove; Fiona Moir; Craig S Webster

doi:10.1007/s40670-021-01301-2

Medical Students' Experience of Harassment and Its Impact on Quality of Life: a Scoping Review

Med Sci Educ. 2021 May 6;31(4):1487-1499. doi: 10.1007/s40670-021-01301-2. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Authors

Marcus A Henning¹, Josephine Stonyer², Yan Chen¹, Benjamin Alsop-Ten Hove², Fiona Moir³, Craig S Webster¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, University of Auckland, Building 507, Grafton, Auckland, 1023 New Zealand.
² School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Grafton, Auckland, 1023 New Zealand.
³ Department of General Practice and Primary Healthcare, Population Health, University of Auckland, Grafton, Auckland, 1023 New Zealand.

Abstract

Objectives: Medical students' experiences of harassment and its influence on quality of life were examined.

Design: A set of databases were employed in this review, and using ATLAS.ti, a set of emergent themes were identified.

Results: The initial search identified 4580 potential articles for review. The inclusion and exclusion criteria reduced the list to 48 articles. Two predominant emergent themes were categorised as 'Antecedents' of 'harassment' and 'Consequences' on quality of life.

Conclusions: Harassment likely has an adverse impact on quality of life, although more empirical research is required to establish more definitive links between the two variables.

Publication types

Review