Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Experiences of Academic Medical Faculty

Abstract

Recent high-profile cases of sexual harassment illustrate that such experiences still occur in academic medicine.¹ Less is known about how many women have directly experienced such behavior. Most studies have focused on trainees, single specialties, and non-US settings or lack currency.² In a 1995 cross-sectional survey,³ 52% of US academic medical faculty women reported harassment in their careers compared with 5% of men. These women had begun their careers when women constituted a minority of the medical school class; less is known about the prevalence of such experiences among more recent faculty cohorts.