AMSA 2023 Embolus Publication

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AMSA VOTES YES
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The Guardian Media: “Female doctors vulnerable to sexual assault due to
hospital work environments”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/26/female-doctorsvulnerable-to-sexual-assault-due-to-hospital-work-environments-expertsays?
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Melissa Davey’s newspaper articles examines the sexual harassment in
medicine. It features Dr Louise Stone and experts’ consensus on this issue. It
also features AMSA President Tish Sivagnanan:
…“But a range of significant barriers exist that often prevent reporting,
including the fact medicine is an environment with an innately hierarchical
structure, where power is concentrated to senior medical staff who attract
significant influence and control within the hospital system,” she said.
“This combined with the meritocratic nature of medical training, where career
advancement is often dependent on recommendations from supervisors,
leaves those who are the targets of harassment fearful of educational and
career repercussions if they were to report superiors.”
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until 11.59pm 4th October 2023, and you can apply here
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