Promoting transgender healthcare competency: simulation scenario for medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical professionals, from trainees to practicing clinicians, often lack adequate preparation to provide care and understand the health needs of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people, as documented worldwide. As a result, many medical trainees feel unprepared to deliver competent and affirming care to TGD patients. To address this educational gap, this study implemented a simulation-based learning activity as an initial exposure to TGD healthcare. We aimed to assess medical students' attitudes and performance in a transgender healthcare simulation scenario.

Methods

We designed and evaluated a simulated scenario for the care of a transgender man with delayed menstruation, with the aim of training Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) clerkship students in carin

SUBMITTER: Sobral LNE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690949 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature