Medscape surveyed more than 1,500 physicians about physician misbehavior and what they have experienced in recent years.
Here’s the bad behavior physicians have witnessed outside of work:
- Making fun of or disparaging others unbeknownst to them: 66 percent
- Being inebriated in public: 52 percent
- Bullying or harassing others: 45 percent
- Using racist language: 42 percent
- Making unwanted advances toward someone: 28 percent
- Lying about credentials: 19 percent
- Becoming physically aggressive with someone: 18 percent
- Committing a crime: 9 percent
