Emergency Department or Battleground? Confronting Workplace Violence Against Staff in Emergency Departments Through Education and Systems Reform
Addressing WPW demands cultural, systemic, and educational transformation. By embedding WPV education during residency training and reinforcing it through institutional commitment, EM can empower clinicians to lead safety efforts, drive systems improvement, and change culture. Embedding WPV mitigation into training and leadership efforts is essential to transforming EDs from battlegrounds into safe, healing environments.
Authors
- Suzanne Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0192-3133)
- Vytas P. Karalius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-8019)
- Amanda J. Deutsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6369-9256)
- Laura Iavicoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7346-0011)
- Marla C. Doehring
- Al'ai
Institutions
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Elmhurst Hospital Center (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AEM Education and Training
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/aet2.70132
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00