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Table 4 Total numbers of episodes of mistreatment by staff (range 0–10) and fellow students (range 0–8) reported by students during their university studies.

From: Mistreatment of university students most common during medical studies

Frequency

Staff

Fellow students

 

Male

(N = 193) %

Female

(N = 378) %

All

(N = 571) %

Male

(N = 205) %

Female

(N = 426) %

All

(N = 631) %

Never

60.1

44.7

49.9

54.1

48.8

50.6

Once

21.2

20.9

21.0

24.9

26.3

25.8

2–3 times

9.3

20.1

16.5

14.2

19.7

17.9

4–5 times

5.1

7.7

6.9

3.9

4.5

4.3

6 or more times

4.3

6.6

5.7

2.9

0.7

1.4

  1. The data were obtained by counting how many types of mistreatment a single student reported having experienced. We recognised ten types of mistreatment by staff (questions 14,17,20,23, 26,29,32,36,40,43) and eight types of mistreatment by fellow students (questions 14,17,23,26, 29,32,36,43).