Características de violencia en los estudiantes de la carrera de medicina de la Universidad de Cuenca. 2024

Abstract

Background: Violence is recognized worldwide as a social and health problem, which manifests itself in different ways and in various areas. Reports of abuse among medical students indicate that it is a widespread problem that has not decreased over time. Objective: Determine the characteristics of violence in students of the Medicine degree at the University of Cuenca in the period 2024. Methods: Descriptive research, which was carried out with a probabilistic sample of medical students registered in the first cycle to the tenth cycle of the University of Cuenca in the period of 2024, in which a survey was applied whose main descriptive variables to be studied They were age, sex, study cycle, origin, teaching medical aggressor, resident medical aggressor, student aggressor, and types of abuse. The data were carried out in simple and composite tables and the results are expressed in percentages. Results: 50.6% were or were under 20 years of age, 67.9% were women, 82.7% were from the Sierra region; 25.1% of students between 21 and 25 years old suffered abuse, as well as 33.2% of women. Conclusions: The most common type of violence was psychological followed by academic, there is a significant percentage of physical and sexual violence.