Transgender health content in medical education: a theory-guided systematic review of current training practices and implementation barriers & facilitators.

ABSTRACT: Health disparities faced by transgender people are partly explained by barriers to trans-inclusive healthcare, which in turn are linked to a lack of transgender health education in medical school curricula. We carried out a theory-driven systematic review with the aim to (1) provide an overview of key characteristics of training initiatives and pedagogical features, and (2) analyze barriers and facilitators to implementing this training in medical education. We used queer theory to contextualize our findings. We searched the PubMed/Ovid MEDLINE database (October 2009 to December 2021) for original studies that reported on transgender content within medical schools and residency programs (N = 46). We performed a thematic analysis to identify training characteristics, pedagogical features, b

SUBMITTER: van Heesewijk J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9374605 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature