This month, theme issue editor Ajay Major, a medical student at Albany Medical College, interviewed Dr. Pauline Chen about the problem of bullying in medical education.

Is there a legacy of student mistreatment in medical training?

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions related to human trafficking.

Managing mistreatment of medical students and others in the learning environment.

Physicians can manage and treat probable victims of gang violence without breaching the youth’s confidentiality.

Asymmetry in knowledge and power between (1) physicians and patients and (2) physician educators and their students creates a climate for possible abuse in both sets of relationships.

Several recent court cases illustrate how some states are attempting to mandate physician reporting of all underage sexual activity as instances of child abuse.

Physicians should honor confidentiality whenever possible when screening and treating adolescents for sensitive health conditions such as substance abuse.

A mandatory faculty course on dyslexia is recommended to prevent bias against and misunderstanding of medical students who have this condition.

By not reporting abusive faculty behavior, a student places his or her grade over the larger good of promoting human dignity.