RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Why Medical Schools Are Tolerant of Unethical Behavior
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 176
OP 180
DO 10.1370/afm.1763
VO 13
IS 2
A1 de Oliveira Vidal, Edison Iglesias
A1 Silva, Vanessa dos Santos
A1 Santos, Maria Fernanda dos
A1 Jacinto, Alessandro Ferrari
A1 Boas, Paulo José Fortes Villas
A1 Fukushima, Fernanda Bono
YR 2015
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/13/2/176.abstract
AB The exposure to unethical and unprofessional behavior is thought to play a major role in the declining empathy experienced by medical students during their training. We reflect on the reasons why medical schools are tolerant of unethical behavior of faculty. First, there are barriers to reporting unprofessional behavior within medical schools including fear of retaliation and lack of mechanisms to ensure anonymity. Second, deans and directors do not want to look for unethical behavior in their colleagues. Third, most of us have learned to take disrespectful circumstances in health care institutions for granted. Fourth, the accreditation of medical schools around the world does not usually cover the processes or outcomes associated with fostering ethical behavior in students. Several initiatives promise to change that picture.