Medical Students’ Experience of Negative Communication by Superiors in a Clinical Setting

Abstract: Medical students enter medical school fired with idealism which has been shown to decline in clinical years in a hospital setting with a hierarchy of authority that increases the risk of maltreatment by superiors. This qualitative study examines the personal experiences of medical students in their 1st clinical year when facing negative communication by seniors in a hospital environment, and the consequences of such interactions on their sense of competence as future physicians, their well-being and idealism.

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