Background Gender and sexual harassment in emergency medicine (EM) is persistent in the
workplace but remains underreported. Barriers to reporting in EM are largely unknown. This …

Introduction Gender disparities in medicine are well documented; however, little qualitative
data exist. This study sought to provide a qualitative assessment of harassment and …

Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of emergency
medicine (EM) faculty across six programs. Survey items included the following: the Overt …

Background In the USA, The Joint Commission and Institute of Medicine have called for
collection of patient sexual orientation (SO) and gender identity (GI) information in …

Purpose: To identify patient and provider perspectives concerning collection of sexual
orientation and gender identity (SO&GI) information in emergency departments (EDs) …

Sexual harassment is a serious threat to a safe and productive workplace. The emergency
department (ED) environment poses unique threats, including stress, time constraints …

Decades of nearly equal representation of women in undergraduate medical education
have failed to yield gender parity (the approximately equal representation of women and …

Methods An institutional review board-approved electronic survey was distributed to women
faculty and residents at eight institutions and were completed anonymously. We created …

The purpose of this study was to identify the variables that acutely influence reporting
practices in female sexual assault victims presenting to an urban clinic or Emergency …

Background Sexual harassment of women is a pervasive problem. Prior studies found that
sexual harassment of female providers by patients is common, but guidance on addressing …