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February 16, 2026FACETS0 citationsOpen Access

Assessing Physician Misconduct Severity and Disciplinary Actions

Assessing severity of physician misconduct and subsequent disciplinary actions: a cross-sectional survey and analysis of discipline summaries

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DBDanielle BuellBPBa' Z. PhamJLJessica J. Liu

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis reveals disparities in physician misconduct and disciplinary actions, suggesting bias in adjudication.

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate the severity of physician misconduct and its correlation with disciplinary actions.
  • Conducted a cross-sectional survey of patients, family members, and physicians.
  • Developed a severity hierarchy for types of violations and disciplinary actions.
  • Analyzed discipline summaries from a provincial regulatory college between 2010 and 2019.
  • Sexual misconduct was rated as the most severe violation with a mean score of 4.79.
  • License revocation was the most severe disciplinary action with a mean severity of 4.46.
  • Men physicians faced higher severity violations than women, with a mean score of 4.13 compared to 4.02.

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Buell et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6992b3939b75e639e9b08448https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2025-0055
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