A Pediatric Transgender Medicine Curriculum for Multidisciplinary Trainees.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While pediatricians should receive training in the care of transgender youth, a paucity of formal educational curricula have been developed to train learners to care for this vulnerable population.

Methods

We developed a curriculum including six online modules and an in-person afternoon session observing clinic visits in a pediatric gender clinic. Learners-fourth-year medical students, interns, and nurse practitioner trainees-received protected time during an adolescent medicine rotation to complete the online modules (total duration: 77 minutes). For 20 learners, we assessed the impact of the entire curriculum-online modules and in-person observation-on self-perceived knowledge of considerations for transgender youth. For 31 learners, we assessed the effect of

SUBMITTER: Vance SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7187914 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature