Reality in Learner Mistreatment Policies

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This is a reality-check question from a pre-med to med students, so please let me know if I'd get better response in the Med Student forum.

I noticed that Rosalind Franklin has this Learner Mistreatment Policy, which seems to have the goal of preventing or allowing a reporting structure for the traditional track of berating med students, breaking them down, etc.

What is the reality of a policy like this succeeding (eg, students actually feeling confident in reporting, not just told to get thicker skin)?
Do other schools have similar policies in place? Is the verbal breaking of students / ignoring the humanity of students still a reality, or is that mostly on residents at this point?
Does anyone have more information on what actually goes on more than every school's party line, "Of course wellness is important, and we encourage students to take care of their own wellness."

I'm more curious about this, having seen a lot about wellness in blogs lately, than concerned about my future self.

 

[Goro]

Verbal breaking of students??? Med school isn't Marine Corps basic training.

I looked over the webpage in the link and my sense was that this is more in line with standard anti-harassment (especially sexual harassment) policies. I'm not getting the sense that the policies are to protect you from a preceptor who asks "What are you, stupid???" or a PD who asks "And what cereal box did you get your medical degree in???"

But the key thing is that you have the right to make a complaint, and are protected from retaliation.

 

[deleted480308]

This is a reality-check question from a pre-med to med students, so please let me know if I'd get better response in the Med Student forum.

I noticed that Rosalind Franklin has this Learner Mistreatment Policy, which seems to have the goal of preventing or allowing a reporting structure for the traditional track of berating med students, breaking them down, etc.

What is the reality of a policy like this succeeding (eg, students actually feeling confident in reporting, not just told to get thicker skin)?
Do other schools have similar policies in place? Is the verbal breaking of students / ignoring the humanity of students still a reality, or is that mostly on residents at this point?
Does anyone have more information on what actually goes on more than every school's party line, "Of course wellness is important, and we encourage students to take care of their own wellness."

I'm more curious about this, having seen a lot about wellness in blogs lately, than concerned about my future self.

You think no one will be allowed to hurt your feelings?

 

[3toedsloth]

Some of the residents on certain rotations have been pretty consistently rude with the med students, but not to the point that I've felt the need to report anything. Other than that one rotation, the residents I've worked with have been wonderful

OB/gyn?

 

[ndafife]

Anonymity is relative. This isn't filling out a lecturer evaluation for a 300 person evaluation. Preceptors (at my school so n=1) can be 1 on 1 with a student or get up to maybe 5/6 students per rotation. So if you file a complaint for mistreatment, and assuming the school doesn't sit on that complaint for 6 months, the preceptor is going to have a pretty good idea of who complained.