Background:

The recognition of workplace harassment as a problem of social relevance has been increasing at the international level, given the evidence regarding its extension and depth of the consequences it generates in the training of medical personnel.

Objective:

To identify the level of mobbing in resident physicians and interns of a second level care hospital.

Material and methods:

Cross-sectional, descriptive study. Sample: 101 medical residents and interns. Instrument: CISNEROS Scale (0.96). Exclusion criteria: physicians who do not agree to sign the informed consent letter.

Results:

20% met criteria for workplace harassment. Most affected specialty: Medical Emergencies (57%), with a predominance in those of higher hierarchy; Internal Medicine residents with low levels of workplace bullying. More than 80% of the residents of the highest hierarchy of Family Medicine did not suffer mobbing, as did the internal doctors in 85% (p < 0.05).

Conclusions:

Workplace harassment or mobbing is a problem that is mostly identified in last year resident physicians of Medical Emergencies compared to other specialties. It is necessary to improve the quality of work and life of doctors in training to solve the problem.

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