‘Inexcusable’: Medical training of 486 trainee doctors badly affected by bullying, harassment and discrimination
The chair of the medical board says there is a 'critical and urgent' need for action.
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“It’s inexcusable.”
These are the words used by the chair of the Medical Board of Australia last week to describe the fact that 35% of medical trainees experienced or witnessed bullying, harassment, discrimination and/or racism [*] during the previous 12 months.