[Characteristics of mistreatment in medical students of a public university in Peru].

Objectives: To determine the characteristics of mistreatment among medical students at a public university in the province Ica, Peru.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 2012, and used a probability sample of medical students (freshman to sixth year) at the Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga. A 23-item survey with a Likert scale was used to measure the students' perceptions of psychological, physical, academic and sexual mistreatment.