Gender-Affirming Care With Transgender and Genderqueer Patients: A Standardized Patient Case.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) patients experience health disparities and bias in health care settings. To improve care for TGD patients, medical trainees can practice gender-affirming care skills such as inclusive communication and discussing hormone therapy through patient simulation. Systematically evaluating these simulation outcomes also helps educators improve training on gender-affirming care.

Methods

A standardized patient case with a patient establishing primary care was developed for rising third-year medical students. The case featured multiple patient iterations to portray individuals with the same health history but a different gender identity and/or sex assigned at birth. Each student was randomly assigned to one patient encounter. Gender-aff

SUBMITTER: Weingartner L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9120312 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature