Dean's Office - Curriculum Development, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Institute for Sociology - Work Group Methods of Empirical Research, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany.
BMC Med Educ. 2020 Feb 22;20(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-1952-9.
Data is available on sexual discrimination and subjective perceptions of equal opportunity in medical education for many countries. Surveys focussing on sexual harassment have not yet been conducted at German medical schools.
A student initiative surveyed all medical students at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) using an anonymous online questionnaire on equal opportunity and sexual discrimination to identify potential problems in education.
A total of 343 students (15%) participated in the survey. Over 50% reported having either witnessed sexual harassment or experienced it themselves. Female students indicated having experienced sexual harassment three times more often than their male peers; verbal forms of sexual discrimination predominate. These observations and experiences of sexual harassment demonstrated significant influences on many perceptions regarding equal opportunity and equal treatment in the MHH undergraduate medical education at MHH.
This blind spot in medical education in the German-speaking countries should be scrutinized more closely. The experience of sexism in the context of undergraduate medical education, which has negative effects on students, should no longer be ignored in empirical education research.
许多国家都有关于医学教育中的性别歧视和主观平等机会感知的数据。针对性骚扰的调查尚未在德国医学院校进行。
一个学生倡议组织在汉诺威医学院（MHH）对所有医学生进行了调查，使用匿名在线问卷调查平等机会和性别歧视，以确定教育中存在的潜在问题。
共有 343 名学生（15%）参与了调查。超过 50%的学生报告说曾目睹过性骚扰或亲身经历过性骚扰。女学生报告说经历性骚扰的次数是男学生的三倍；言语形式的性别歧视居多。这些关于性骚扰的观察和经历，对 MHH 本科医学教育中许多关于平等机会和平等待遇的看法产生了显著影响。
德语国家的医学教育中存在这一盲点，应该更仔细地审查。在本科医学教育中，性别歧视的经历对学生有负面影响，不应再在实证教育研究中被忽视。
