Given that 5–25% of the adult population report child sexual abuse (CSA), most clinicians will care for victims. Data regarding CSA experiences among medical students are limited and the association of medical students’ own history of CSA with relevant perceptions has not been previously examined. The aim of this study was to assess CSA perceptions and exposure of medical students, while exploring their associations. For this purpose, a link was created and made available on a site accessed solely by the Athens medical school undergraduates from February 20 to March 20 2019, comprising a 12-item questionnaire to assess the knowledge and past experience of CSA. This was based on a larger published questionnaire, which was translated and adapted. The questionnaire was then transcripted online, and after pilot testing, was disseminated using the Google documents® platform. Out of 261 responses, CSA was reported by 48 participants (18%), of which 39 were women. Thirty five reported contact CSA. Thirty seven victims (77%) reported previous disclosure of the event, but 18 of them were not protected post disclosure. CSA victims were less likely to agree with the perception that most perpetrators are mentally ill or disabled (p = 0.043), and more likely to strongly disagree with the statement that reputable families are protected from sexual abuse (p = 0.019). In agreement with existing data in general populations globally, about one in five medical students had exposure to CSA. In addition, a potential association of their own experiences with shaping perceptions regarding the identity of CSA perpetrators and affected families for medical students is highlighted.

鉴于有5-25％的成年人口报告有儿童性虐待（CSA），因此大多数临床医生会照顾受害者。关于医学生中CSA经历的数据是有限的，并且医学生自己的CSA历史与相关看法之间的关联以前没有被检查过。这项研究的目的是评估CSA的看法和医学生的接触程度，同时探索他们的协会。为此，在2019年2月20日至3月20日仅由雅典医学院的学生访问的网站上创建了链接，并提供该链接，其中包含12项问卷，以评估CSA的知识和过去的经验。这是基于更大的已发布调查表进行了翻译和改编。然后将问卷在线记录下来，在进行初步测试后，使用Google文档平台进行了传播。在261份回复中，有48位参与者（占18％）报告了CSA，其中39位是女性。已有35人报告与CSA联系。三十七名受害者（77％）报告了该事件的先前披露，但其中18名在披露后没有受到保护。CSA受害者不太可能同意大多数犯罪者患有精神疾病或残疾的看法（p  = 0.043），并且更有可能强烈反对享有声誉的家庭免受性虐待的说法（p  = 0.019）。与全球一般人群的现有数据一致，大约五分之一的医学生曾接触过CSA。此外，强调了他们自己的经历与塑造关于医学生的CSA犯罪者和受影响家庭的身份的看法之间的潜在联系。