@article{ref1,
title="Depiction of sexual harassment in medical television shows",
journal="Curēus",
year="2020",
author="Olympia, Robert P. and Bozorghadad, Sayeh and Ramedani, Shayann",
volume="12",
number="12",
pages="e11842-e11842",
abstract="Background and objective Medical television (TV) shows are known to exaggerate medical scenarios, including relationships among/between medical staff and patients. Unfortunately, sexual harassment occurs within the medical and nursing  profession. The objective of this study was to analyze the depiction of sexual  harassment in eight popular medical TV shows. <br><br>METHODS The first 10 episodes of the  first season of eight popular medical TV shows (St. Elsewhere, ER, Scrubs, Private  Practice, Grey's Anatomy, Nurse Jackie, The Good Doctor, and The Resident) were  viewed and coded by two reviewers. The data abstracted included demographics of  those involved in the sexual harassment and examples of sexual harassment depicted. <br><br>RESULTS The analysis was based on 62 instances of sexual harassment. The victim of  sexual harassment was female in 77% (49/62) of instances. The most common  relationships depicted pertaining to the acts of sexual harassment were attending  physicians toward attending physicians (12/62, 19.3%), interns toward interns (8/62,  12.9%), attending physicians towards interns (7/62, 11.2%), and patients toward  attending physicians (5/62, 8.1%). The most common examples of sexual harassment  portrayed were telling sexual anecdotes/jokes (23/62, 37.1%), inappropriate touching  (12/62, 19.4%), and making sexual comments about appearance, such as body parts or  clothes (12/62, 19.4%). <br><br>CONCLUSION Based on our analysis of medical TV shows,  instances of sexual harassment occurred most commonly between attending physicians,  and most of them were associated with sexual anecdotes/jokes. Medical and nursing  professionals may draw on relevant instances from medical TV shows to discuss how to  recognize and deal with sexual harassment in the workplace in order to promote a  safe and nurturing environment devoid of harassment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-8184",
doi="10.7759/cureus.11842",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11842"
}