Curricular Approaches to Transgender Health in Physician Assistant Education.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

According to the Williams Institute, 1.4 million U.S. adults identify as transgender. Many experience health care disparities. Professional organizations call for medical education to improve transgender care, but what curricula are being delivered is unknown. The goal of this study was to conduct the first comprehensive, national survey of transgender health care curricula in physician assistant (PA) education.

Method

The authors sent a questionnaire to program directors (PDs) at all 236 U.S. PA programs in June 2018. They categorized programs as those that currently deliver at least 1 hour of transgender health content and those who do not (Teaching/Not Teaching). They examined differences between Teaching and Not Teaching programs using chi-square tests, and they

SUBMITTER: Rolls J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523571 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature