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Episode 81

De-escalation Techniques for Verbal Harassment with Dr. Brittni Scruggs

Sep 3, 2025
35:24

Episode Description

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Brittni Scruggs, our vitreoretinal surgeon colleague here at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Scruggs shares her interest and expertise in managing verbal harassment in the workplace. Tune in to hear about how prevalent these circumstances occur and a toolkit to aid in your management. 

The toolkit is as follows:  

https://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/tutorials/sexual-harassment-toolkit/Patient-Initiated-Harassment-toolkit.pdf 

The EyeRounds tutorial we wrote here:  

https://eyerounds.org/tutorials/sexual-harassment-toolkit/index.htm#gsc.tab=0 

The workshop is published here:  

https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11096 

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