• Despite being female-dominated fields, the prevalence of sexual harassment, bullying, abuse, and discrimination among OB-GYN clinicians and trainees was not known. 

• The study tried to find interventions to reduce harassment in OB-GYN and other surgical specialties. 

• The findings of the study were:

1. OB-GYN field shows high rates of harassment - sexual harassment (27.6-70.9%), workplace discrimination (57.0-67.2% for women, 38.5% for men), and bullying (52.8%).

2. The study saw low reporting rates, between 8.4 and 12.5% for clinicians and 32.6% for trainees.

3. 25.1% of medical students reported mistreatment during OB-GYN rotations.

4. The main perpetrators were physicians (30.1%), other trainees (13.1%), and OR staff (7.7%).

• The interventions studied were limited, mainly targeting medical students.

• Some interventions improved bias recognition and reporting.

• However, no interventions significantly decreased sexual harassment frequency.

• This study highlighted that more research is needed on effective interventions for all levels of OB-GYN practitioners.

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