An Effective Gender-Affirming Care and Hormone Prescribing Standardized Patient Case for Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It is estimated that at least 700,000 individuals in the United States identify as transgender or gender expansive. Many have confronted marginalization within the health care system, leading to suboptimal care and inequitable health outcomes. Health sciences trainees do not receive adequate training in gender-affirming care. The authors therefore created, piloted, and evaluated a formative standardized patient case for gender-affirming care for family medicine resident learners that could be given with limited resources in primary care and health professional education.

Methods

The curriculum for the case was developed with patient input and with family medicine physicians skilled in education, simulation, and gender-affirming care. The first case was held for

SUBMITTER: Hersh BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9163229 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature