Knowledge and perceived competence with sexual and gender minority healthcare topics among medical students and medical school faculty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite changes in social attitudes in the United States over the last decade, sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals continue to face significant health disparities, driven partly by disproportionately higher rates of self-reported discrimination and harassment when seeking healthcare. Historically, physicians have received little to no required training on how to provide sensitive, competent care to SGM patients, and continue to demonstrate poor competency with SGM topics despite calls for increased education and published guidelines to promote competency. The present study aimed to investigate competency with SGM topics among both faculty and medical students at one institution.

Methods

The authors distributed an anonymous online survey (2020-2021) to med

SUBMITTER: Rhodes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709858 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature