Teaching Medical Students About Sexual Harassment with a Role Play Method / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

As part of an occupational health curriculum, 3rd-year medical students were taught about sexual harassment so that they can treat victims in an appropriate way. A lecture presented basic information the definition of sexual harassment, its history, legal aspects, specific features, effects on victims' physical and psychological health, and appropriate approaches of doctors to victims. Students then played roles of both a patient and an occupational health doctor. A patient profile was created on the basis of a legal case.<BR>Students were extremely interested in the course and judged it highly. Role play helped students develop a sincere interest in the problem of sexual harassment and an empathic understanding of its victims. The relevance of sexual harassment to medical education is discussed.