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Abstract

Purpose: Although medical students have been affected by experiencing bullying, the stressful medical training and competitive pressures makes bullying the least prioritized problem. The aim of current work is evaluating the prevalence of bullying among students at Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Egypt, following concerted efforts by the university and governmental initiatives to address this issue, with emphasizing on forms of bullying, perpetrators, risk factors, consequences, and the response of bullied students after exposure.

Methods: A cross-sectional study included 565 students with voluntary and anonymous participation. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire.

Results: Only (19.6%) of the respondents reported experiencing bullying during their medical education. Among them, (59.5%) were females and 40.5% were males. All bullied students reported exposure to more than one type of bullying. The highest percentage (72.1%) was verbal bullying, followed by social bullying (68.5%), then psychological (48.6%), and the least were cyberbullying in the official school platform (30.6 %) and physical bullying (13.5%). Despite that, only 9% of the exposed students have some knowledge about the official bullying penalties and only 9.9% know about the official bullying reporting system in the faculty.

Discussion: Our data suggests lower bullying rates in Alexandria faculty of medicine compared to other universities in Egypt. Despite that, further efforts are needed to raise awareness regarding the penalties and reporting of bullying.

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