Transgender health and its current omission from medical school curriculum: medical students’ perspective

Transgender Population’s Health Teaching: Reflexions on Teacher Perception

“…For Dubin, et al [11], medical education improves attitudes and awareness about transgenders, providing unique knowledge and clinical concerns for these people, developing skills to provide competent care, and tools to address inequities characteristics of this population. At this point, D4 highlights his concern in the whole biopsychosocial sphere of trans patients and his approach during graduation: "The health of the LGBT population has to be addressed, health in different contexts ... the family environment of the trans population, the maternity of the trans population, the diseases that involve the trans population, the social interaction of the trans population ..…”

“…Inciting the discussion of gender at this time contributes to the training of professionals by correcting disparities in the care and care of trans people [10], after all, knowledge about the health of this population can enable doctors to break barriers of access, which cause suffering for these people. Thus, the involvement of common themes and scenarios related to transgender people in the development of medical and communication skills provide special moments for students to develop general skills for the appropriate use of terminology, social name and other particularities in the care of these people, generating a safe support environment to ensure they are prepared when they graduate [11]. Given that, the following research question was elaborated: "What is the perception of the professor of the medical course regarding teaching about the health of the trans population during graduation?…”

Graphic Medicine—The Best of 2019

“…Historically, LGBTQ health has been underemphasized in medical education. 5 While progress has been made, medical students want more training, 6,7 and the hours devoted to LGBTQ health issues in medical education surely shortchange the experience of patients who identify as nongender binary. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir 8 is a resounding response.…”

“…Gender Queer explains gender nonbinariness in highly personal, intimate, patient, and deliberate ways. In light of the high rate of depression and suicide by nonbinary individuals Gender Queer (and Archie Bongiovanni’s graphic Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns ) offers health professionals a valuable opportunity to understand the experiences of patients, like Kobabe, who are in our practices and waiting rooms longing to be recognized and understood.…”

New context, new content—Rethinking genital anatomy in textbooks

“…Modern society is undergoing a gender revolution, as evidenced by the heightened visibility of nonbinary gender identities within media and politics (Allen et al, 2021). There have been calls for more inclusive gender‐aware medical curricula that encourage students to sensitively explore the nuances of working with people who identify as LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/aromantic/agender) and foster knowledge and attitudes appropriate to the evolving patient population (Morrison et al, 2017; Dubin et al, 2018; James & Sylvester, 2018).…”