Presence and Comprehensiveness of Antibullying Policies for Faculty at US Medical Schools
Written by Maya S. Iyer, MD, MEd; Yujung Choi, MSc; and Cherri Hobgood, MD
Bullying protection policies for practicing physicians are institution-dependent and lack standardization. To address this, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted an antibullying policy in 2020 that identified the need for all health care environments to “establish policies to prevent and address bullying” and provided criteria for comprehensiveness.
The results? Out of 91 medical schools studied, four schools had antibullying policies with reporting procedures, but no school met all comprehensiveness criteria. Among the 87 medical schools without antibullying policies, 60 had antiharassment policies; of these, 10 schools mentioned bullying and included reporting procedures.
