Physician bad behavior outside the workplace 

In Medscape’s 2022 “Physicians Behaving Badly” report, physicians laid out the worst behavior they have witnessed from colleagues outside of the workplace 

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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

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