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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Melissa Davey Medical editor

Adelaide hospital tackles ‘sexist’ and ‘humiliating’ behaviour of surgeons with eye posters

An eye sign used in the operating theatres of an Adelaide hospital to improve the culture among medical staff.
An eye sign used in the operating theatres of an Adelaide hospital to improve the culture among medical staff. Photograph: Ostroff

Researchers have found a unique way to tackle “sexist” and “humiliating” behaviour by surgeons in operating rooms across Australia.

It is “not uncommon” for surgeons to describe fellow medical staff in the operating theatre as “incompetent”, to roughly grab surgical instruments or to discredit nurses, says Rose Petrohilos, a junior doctor and intern representative for Bairnsdale Regional Health Service.

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