Adelaide hospital tackles ‘sexist’ and ‘humiliating’ behaviour of surgeons with eye posters

Researchers report drop in incidents of incivility among staff at facilities with eye signs on the walls, but say further measures are needed

Researchers have found a unique way to tackle “sexist” and “humiliating” behaviour by surgeons in operating rooms across Australia.

It is “not uncommon” for surgeons to describe fellow medical staff in the operating theatre as “incompetent”, to roughly grab surgical instruments or to discredit nurses, says Rose Petrohilos, a junior doctor and intern representative for Bairnsdale Regional Health Service.