BACKGROUND Data is available on sexual discrimination and subjective perceptions of equal opportunity in medical education for many countries. Surveys focussing on sexual harassment have not yet been conducted at German medical schools. METHODS A student initiative surveyed all medical students at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) using an anonymous online questionnaire on equal opportunity and sexual discrimination to identify potential problems in education. RESULTS A total of 343 students (15%) participated in the survey. Over 50% reported having either witnessed sexual harassment or experienced it themselves. Female students indicated having experienced sexual harassment three times more often than their male peers; verbal forms of sexual discrimination predominate. These observations and experiences of sexual harassment demonstrated significant influences on many perceptions regarding equal opportunity and equal treatment in the MHH undergraduate medical education at MHH. CONCLUSION This blind spot in medical education in the German-speaking countries should be scrutinized more closely. The experience of sexism in the context of undergraduate medical education, which has negative effects on students, should no longer be ignored in empirical education research.

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医科学生的性歧视经历和机会均等观：德国的一项试点研究。

背景技术对于许多国家，可获得关于医学教育中的性别歧视和机会均等的主观观念的数据。尚未在德国医学院进行针对性骚扰的调查。方法学生倡议组织使用匿名的在线调查表对汉诺威医学院（MHH）的所有医科学生进行了均等机会和性别歧视调查，以确定潜在的教育问题。结果共有343名学生（占15％）参加了调查。超过50％的人报告目睹了性骚扰或亲身经历了性骚扰。女学生表示遭受性骚扰的频率是男同学的三倍。性别歧视的语言形式占主导地位。这些观察和性骚扰经验表明，在MHH的MHH本科医学教育中，许多机会均等和待遇平等的观念受到了重大影响。结论应该更仔细地检查德语国家医学教育中的这个盲点。在本科医学教育中对学生产生负面影响的性别歧视经验，在经验教育研究中不应再被忽视。