title: Spanning a Decade of Physician Boundary Violations: Are We Improving?
abstract: Sexual boundary violations can negatively impact the culture of safety within a medical practice or healthcare institution and severely compromise the covenant of care and physician objectivity. Lack of education and training is one factor associated with physician misconduct that leads to high financial and personal cost. This paper presents a follow-up study of physicians referred to a professional development course in 2001 and presents demographic data from 2001 to present. The paper focuses on the education and remediation progress regarding sexual misconduct by physicians.
authors.affiliation: Center for Professional Health (CPH), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1107 Oxford House, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA. William.swiggart@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Swiggart
authors.affiliation: Center for Professional Health (CPH), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1107 Oxford House, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
authors.forename: Charlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.affiliation: Center for Professional Health (CPH), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1107 Oxford House, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
authors.forename: Marine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghulyan
authors.affiliation: Center for Professional Health (CPH), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1107 Oxford House, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
authors.forename: Anderson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spickard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D028743:Professional Misconduct / Q000941:ethics* / Q000639:trends; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000941:ethics*
keywords: Boundary violations; Continuing medical education; Preventive education; Professionalism; Sexual misconduct