Education Research: Secondary Trauma in Third-Year Medical Students During a Neurology/Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Secondary trauma characteristics were identified in 11.3% of third-year medical students during a combined neurology/emergency medicine clerkship. This provides an opportunity to incorporate interventions that are effective in reducing secondary trauma characteristics in physicians during this early stage of training. Recognizing and proactively reducing secondary trauma during the clerkship experience may have longer-term benefits during later stages of medical training and practice.