LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation 1

4.25    The committee recommends that all parties with responsibility for addressing bullying and harassment in the medical profession, including governments, hospitals, speciality colleges and universities:

Recommendation 2

4.27    The committee recommends that all universities adopt a curriculum that incorporates compulsory education on bullying and harassment.

Recommendation 3

4.30    The committee recommends that all universities accept responsibility for their students while they are on placement and further adopt a procedure for dealing with complaints of bullying and harassment made by their students while on placement. This procedure should be clearly defined and a written copy provided to students prior to their placement commencing.

Recommendation 4

4.32    The committee recommends that all hospitals review their codes of conduct to ensure that they contain a provision that specifically states that bullying and harassment in the workplace is strictly not tolerated towards hospital staff, students and volunteers.

Recommendation 5

4.35    The committee recommends that all specialist training colleges publicly release an annual report detailing how many complaints of bullying and harassment their members and trainees have been subject to and how many sanctions the college has imposed as a result of those complaints.

Recommendation 6

4.37    The committee recommends that a new inquiry be established with terms of reference to address the following matters:

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