Medicine, media and the law: The effect on training in obstetrics and gynaecology

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Claire M.
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Paul
dc.contributor.authorEogan, Maeve
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Deirdre
dc.contributor.authorHorgan, Mary
dc.contributor.authorO'Donoghue, Keelin
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-25T12:26:07Z
dc.date.available2021-01-25T12:26:07Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-10
dc.date.updated2021-01-25T12:06:47Z
dc.description.abstractThe inextricable link between medicine and the legal profession has flourished in the 21st century, with countless newspaper articles and social media content on medical cases visible at every juncture. This is particularly true in the speciality of obstetrics and gynaecology, with one of the highest rates of litigation of all medical specialities. We aimed to evaluate the influence of media and the legal environment on the career of trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology. Under the auspices of the Irish national training body, we distributed a 26-item questionnaire to doctors-in-training (DIT) working in obstetrics and gynaecology in the Republic of Ireland. Descriptive statistics and Chi-squared analyses were performed on the anonymised data. 151 DIT responded to the questionnaire, with a response rate of 86.2 % (sample size = 175). The majority were female (79.9 %, n = 121), Irish (85.5 %, n = 106) and had no children (67.0 %, n = 83). 86.7 % (n = 131) felt that the media did not have a positive impact on patients receiving care, and, further, unfairly represented the speciality (94.1 %; n = 142). Additionally, DIT felt that medico-legal issues had a negative impact on issues such as retention and recruitment. These two areas were implicated in over three quarters of DIT considering leaving the speciality. This study demonstrates that DIT perceive media scrutiny and litigation to have a negative effect on the speciality of obstetrics and gynaecology. Further support integrated into specialist training, is needed to ensure that trainees are adequately equipped to deal with both mainstream and social media as well as interactions they may have with the legal profession as they progress through their career.en
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dc.identifier.citationMcCarthy, C. M., O'Sullivan, S., Corcoran, P., Eogan, M., Bennett, D., Horgan, M. and O'Donoghue, K. (2020) 'Medicine, media and the law: The effect on training in obstetrics and gynaecology', European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 257, pp. 35-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.12.004en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.12.004en
dc.identifier.endpage41en
dc.identifier.issn0301-2115
dc.identifier.journaltitleEuropean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biologyen
dc.identifier.startpage35en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10956
dc.identifier.volume257en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.12.004
dc.rights© 2020, Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectLawen
dc.subjectMediaen
dc.subjectMedical educationen
dc.subjectRecruitment and retentionen
dc.subjectTrainingen
dc.titleMedicine, media and the law: The effect on training in obstetrics and gynaecologyen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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