Patient Attitudes on Collection of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in a Women's Health Clinic with an Embedded Transgender Medicine Program

Deutsch, Madeline B.; Plasencia, Natalie

doi:10.1089/lgbt.2021.0381

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“…45 - 48 Prior research indicates most patients are willing to discuss SOGI with healthcare providers and consider these topics important. 35 , 49 - 52 However, healthcare workers’ discomfort with seeking this information prevents its collection and documentation. 35 , 53 A recent study found students stopped asking SOGI questions as they progressed through medical school, citing lack of relevance to patient encounters, attending physicians’ negative influence, and reliance on patients’ records.…”

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Assessing Medical Students’ Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding LGBTQ Health Needs Across the United States

Karpel

Sampson

Charifson

et al. 2023

J Prim Care Community Health

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Background: The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community experiences health disparities. It is thus imperative that medical trainees receive training in the care of LGBTQ community. The objective of this study was to identify gaps in knowledge and comfort among medical school students in providing care for the LGBTQ community. Methods: An online survey was administered to medical students at 3 institutions in the United States from December 2020 to March 2021. Using a Likert scale, the survey assessed attitudes, comfort, and knowledge in providing care for the LGBTQ community. The survey included questions for each specific LGBTQ population. Results were quantified using descriptive and stratified analyses, and an exploratory factor analysis was used to calculate attitude summary measure (ASM) scores. A total knowledge score was calculated, with higher values indicating greater knowledge. Results: Among the 300 medical students who completed the survey, the majority were female (55.7%), White (54.7%), and heterosexual (64.3%). The majority of medical students felt comfortable (strongly agree/agree) participating in the care of lesbian (94.3%), gay (96.0%), and bisexual (96.3%) patients; this percentage dropped to 82.3% for non-binary and 71.3% for transgender patients. Only 27.0% of medical students reported confidence in their knowledge of health needs of transgender patients. LGBTQ self-identification, percent of core rotations completed in school, region of country, and friends and/or family who are part of the LGBTQ community were significantly associated with various ASM scores. Knowledge questions yielded high percentages of “neutral” responses, and medical students who identified as LGBTQ had significantly higher total knowledge scores. Conclusions: Overall, the surveyed medical students feel comfortable and willing to provide care for LGBTQ persons. But, there is limited knowledge about specific LGBTQ health needs. More education and training in the needs of transgender and non-binary patients, in particular, is indicated.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing Medical Students’ Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding LGBTQ Health Needs Across the United States

Karpel

Sampson

Charifson

et al. 2023

J Prim Care Community Health

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“…Improving the healthcare environment for the transgender and gender nonconforming population begins with adopting a sense of "cultural humility," having an awareness of projecting your own experiences onto the experiences or identities of others and approaching each patient as an individual with no underlying preconceptions. 6 This helps build a patient-provider relationship in a nonjudgmental setting.…”

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confidence: 99%