Assessing Patient Goals for Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy: A Standardized Patient Case for Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Inadequate coverage of transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) health in the UME curriculum contributes to the scarcity of competent physicians to care for TGD patients. Increasing TGD health skills-based curricula in UME can help address TGD health disparities. We developed a standardized patient (SP) case to assess TGD health skills-based competencies and attitudes among medical students.

Methods

An interdisciplinary team, including individuals with lived TGD experience, developed the SP case that was completed by second-year medical students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in January 2020. After the TGD SP session, students and faculty completed a postsession survey to assess the degree to which the case met the learning objectives. Students w

SUBMITTER: Spigner ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10654112 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature