title: Perceptions of intimidation in the psychiatric educational environment in Edmonton, Alberta.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the perceptions of intimidation in the psychiatric educational environment in Edmonton, Alberta.
  
  
  METHODS
  We distributed a 7-point modified Likert scale questionnaire that included questions with respect to intimidation perceptions and experience in psychiatry during a 1-week period to all student interns on psychiatry rotations, residents, and teaching faculty in the 5 teaching hospitals in Edmonton.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 92 individuals responded, with response rates of 81% for faculty, 82% for residents, and 84% for students. Response rates did not differ among sites. While there were differences between site and group with respect to comparing the perceived intimidation in psychiatry with other specialties, respondents did not view psychiatry as worse than other specialties. Although, overall, women perceived intimidation as more prevalent at their sites than did men, the overall means reflect sites that are relatively free from intimidation. Faculty and student interns within sites, except for the university hospital, tended to disagree on management's approach to perceived intimidation. All groups, however, reported little personal experience and felt their sites had little tolerance for intimidators.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reported perceptions and personal experiences of intimidation within the psychiatric learning environment in Edmonton are low.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. ptibbo@pop.srv.ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tibbo
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: de Gara
authors.forename: Treena M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stonehocker
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*