Workplace Violence against Medical Residents in Different Clinical Specialties at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2019

 The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of workplace violence (WPV) against residents of clinical medicine in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1398 and also to compare it between different clinical specialties.

 This descriptive-analytical study was conducted with the participation of 219 clinical medical residents of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1398. To collect data, an edited version of the Workplace Violence in the Health Sector Country Case Study questionnaire was completed in one interview session.

 Total of 219 residents were studied, of which 85 (38.8%) had experienced physical WPV at least once in the last 12 months and 207 (94.5%) were subjected to psychological WPV at least once during this period. During the last 12 months, 21 (80.8%) emergency medicine, 11 (64.7%) psychiatry, 31 (47.0%) surgical sciences, and 22 (20.0%) internal medicine residents, had experienced physical WPV. In contrast, of the total 219 residents. Younger (P=0.04) and female (P<0.001) residents were less likely to encounter physical WPV than their colleagues.

 Nearly one-third of the studied residents had been subjected to at least one episode of physical WPV, and roughly all had encountered psychological WPV at least once in the past 12 months. Unfavorable situation of residents in terms of physical and psychological WPV, underscores the urgent need and necessity of developing preventive guidelines appropriate to the culture and society of Iran.