How much is needed? Patient exposure and curricular education on medical students' LGBT cultural competency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For medical students, providing exposure to and education about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patient population are effective methods to increase comfort, knowledge, and confidence in caring for LGBT people. However, specific recommendations on the number of patient exposures and educational hours that relate to high LGBT cultural competency are lacking.

Methods

Medical students (N = 940) at three universities across the United States completed a survey consisting of demographics, experiential variables (i.e., number of LGBT patients and LGBT hours), and the 7-point Likert LGBT-Development of Clinical Skills Scale (LGBT-DOCSS). LGBT-DOCSS scores were stratified by 1-point increments, and experiential variable means were computed per each stra

SUBMITTER: Nowaskie DZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716501 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature