Al-Busaidi Ibrahim S, Noller Geoff, Ross Jim M, Gray Andrew R, Peterson Aynsley, Aldabe Daniela, Rudland Joy, Bryant Katrina Pōtiki, Kane Paul, Moffat Susan M, Ma Sunyoung, Jones Virginia, Anderson Lynley
Department of Primary Care and Clinical Simulation University of Otago Ōtautahi/Christchurch New Zealand.
Bioethics Centre, Dunedin School of Medicine University of Otago Ōtepoti/Dunedin New Zealand.
Health Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 7;7(11):e70190. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70190. eCollection 2024 Nov.
Previous studies describe the occurrence of unacceptable behaviors reported by students pursuing health professional education in Aotearoa, New Zealand and across the globe. These include, but are not limited to, experiences of verbal abuse, sexual harassment, and discrimination based on race/ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, and sexual orientation. University of Otago teaching staff across the various health professional programs often receive anecdotal reports of these phenomena from their clinical students. Our study will investigate the extent and sources of unacceptable behaviors, whether students report those events, and possible institutional responses to these behaviors.
A student codesign panel was formed alongside the research team to guide study design and data collection. This study will use a sequential two-phase mixed methods design. The first phase will include a cross-sectional survey using a modified version of a validated online questionnaire administered to all clinical students across the seven health professional programs at the University of Otago. The second phase will recruit students to participate in semi-structured interviews. Descriptive and thematic analysis will be applied.
This novel mixed-method study may offer valuable insights into the prevalence and impact of unacceptable behaviors on health professional students at the University of Otago, while ensuring student perspectives are incorporated into both the research design and the university's response strategies.
以往的研究描述了在新西兰奥特亚罗瓦以及全球范围内接受卫生专业教育的学生所报告的不可接受行为的发生情况。这些行为包括但不限于言语虐待、性骚扰以及基于种族/民族、宗教信仰、性别和性取向的歧视。奥塔哥大学各个卫生专业项目的教师经常从临床学生那里收到关于这些现象的传闻报告。我们的研究将调查不可接受行为的程度和来源、学生是否报告这些事件以及学校对这些行为可能做出的反应。
与研究团队一起成立了一个学生共同设计小组，以指导研究设计和数据收集。本研究将采用连续两阶段的混合方法设计。第一阶段将进行一项横断面调查，使用经过验证的在线问卷的修改版本，对奥塔哥大学七个卫生专业项目的所有临床学生进行调查。第二阶段将招募学生参与半结构化访谈。将应用描述性和主题分析。
这项新颖的混合方法研究可能会为奥塔哥大学不可接受行为对卫生专业学生的普遍性和影响提供有价值的见解，同时确保将学生的观点纳入研究设计和学校的应对策略中。
