Comparing medical, dental, and nursing students' preparedness to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) populations face multiple health disparities including barriers to healthcare. Few studies have examined healthcare trainees' perceptions of their preparedness to care for LGBTQ populations and none have compared perceptions of training across medicine, dental medicine, and nursing. We aimed to understand variations across disciplines in LGBTQ health by assessing medical, dental, and nursing students' perceptions of preparedness across three domains: comfort levels, attitudes, and formal training.

Methods

We developed a 12-item survey with an interprofessional panel of LGBTQ students from the schools of medicine, dental medicine, and nursing at a top-tier private university in the United States. Any student en

SUBMITTER: Greene MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6147466 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature