Advanced search
Publication Cover
Medical Teacher Volume 33, 2011 - Issue 10
Submit an article Journal homepage
2,496
Views
11
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Harassment of newly admitted undergraduates by senior students in a Faculty of Dentistry in Sri Lanka

I. G. PremadasaGulf Medical University, United Arab Emirates; I. G. PREMADASA, BDS (Cey.), MA (Mich. State), is a medical educationist at Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. His previous posting as director, Regional Teacher Centre of WHO (SEARO) at Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka was followed by attachments at Medical Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University and CME Center, Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization, Kuwait.Correspondence[email protected]
,
N. C. WanigasooriyaUniversity of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; N. C. WANIGASOORIYA, BDS, DDO RCPS (Glasgow), is an orthodontist who also serves as the director, Unit for Development of Dental Education and Senior Lecturer in Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
,
L. ThalibKuwait University, Kuwait; L. THALIB, PhD, is an associate professor in biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. He also served as the director of its Centre for Research and Conferences, and with his strong background in medical education, is actively involved in curriculum reform at the Faculty of Medicine. He is an honorary research fellow of the Centre for Clinical Practice Innovation of Griffith University, Australia.
&
A. N. B. EllepolaKuwait University, Kuwait; A. N. B. ELLEPOLA, BDS (Sri Lanka), PhD (Hong Kong), FIBiol (UK), is a specialist in oral microbiology. He is a director of Oral Sciences and Oral Microbiology at the Department of Bioclinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Kuwait. Previously, he served as head and senior lecturer in Pharmacology, Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Pages e556-e563 | Published online: 26 Sep 2011

Citations (11)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (2)

Ayanthi Wickramasinghe, Birgitta Essén, Jill Trenholm & Pia Axemo. (2023) ‘I don’t know how we can stop ragging’: a qualitative study on the perceptions of staff and work-affiliated individuals at a Sri Lankan University, on the phenomena of ragging. Contemporary South Asia 31:3, pages 390-405.
Read now
Kelby Smith-Han, Emma Collins, Mustafa Asil, Althea Gamble Blakey, Lynley Anderson, Elizabeth Berryman & Tim J. Wilkinson. (2020) Measuring exposure to bullying and harassment in health professional students in a clinical workplace environment: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the clinical workplace learning NAQ-R scale. Medical Teacher 42:7, pages 813-821.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (9)

Ayanthi Wickramasinghe, Birgitta Essén, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran & Pia Axemo. (2023) Prevalence of depression among students at a Sri Lankan University: A study using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health 23:1.
Crossref
Ayanthi Wickramasinghe, Pia Axemo, Birgitta Essén & Jill Trenholm. (2022) Ragging as an expression of power in a deeply divided society; a qualitative study on students perceptions on the phenomenon of ragging at a Sri Lankan university. PLOS ONE 17:7, pages e0271087.
Crossref
Ayanthi Wickramasinghe, Birgitta Essén, Shirin Ziaei, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran & Pia Axemo. (2022) Ragging, a Form of University Violence in Sri Lanka—Prevalence, Self-Perceived Health Consequences, Help-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:14, pages 8383.
Crossref
T’Shana McClain, Matt Kammer-Kerwick, Leila Wood, Jeff R. Temple & Noël Busch-Armendariz. (2020) Sexual Harassment Among Medical Students: Prevalence, Prediction, and Correlated Outcomes. Workplace Health & Safety 69:6, pages 257-267.
Crossref
Meghna Ranganathan, Joyce Wamoyi, Isabelle Pearson & Heidi Stöckl. (2021) Measurement and prevalence of sexual harassment in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open 11:6, pages e047473.
Crossref
Nada O. Binmadi & Jazia A. Alblowi. (2019) Prevalence and policy of occupational violence against oral healthcare workers: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Oral Health 19:1.
Crossref
Santushi Devini Amarasuriya, Anthony Francis Jorm & Nicola Jane Reavley. (2015) Prevalence of depression and its correlates among undergraduates in Sri Lanka. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 15, pages 32-37.
Crossref
C. E. Rees, L. V. Monrouxe, E. Ternan & R. Endacott. (2015) Workplace abuse narratives from dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy students: a multi-school qualitative study. European Journal of Dental Education 19:2, pages 95-106.
Crossref
Muttukrishna Sarvananthan. (2022) The Decay of University Education in Sri Lanka: A Rejoinder to the Performance Audit Report of the National Audit Office on Arts Education. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.